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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park by geraldwhen on Friday May 05, 2023 @11:24AM (#35830443)
Credit card name can also be fudged. And with 200 valid queue positions with <1 minute timers, that’s a lot of attempts.

I’ve beaten every queue system I’ve come across, and that includes at least 8 different retailers.

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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park by Retric on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:28PM (#35836408)
> Credit card names can also be fudged.

Not really, in cases where it actually matters like car rentals they don’t let you do many things that “fool” the half assed systems.

Frankly most queue systems aren’t designed to be robust because the company doesn’t care they are making the same money either way.

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