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Re:How MIT Students Won $8M in the Massachusetts Lottery (2012) by caf on Monday June 08, 2015 @09:20AM (#9678807)
I think that to many who are not mathematically inclined, the statement "They used mathematics to beat the lottery" is more or less equivalent to "They used magic to beat the lottery".
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Re:How MIT Students Won $8M in the Massachusetts Lottery (2012) by jdavis703 on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:24AM (#9679652)
Or rather they "hacked" into the lottery. The general population is scared by geeks who can use math and reasoning in the "real world" for actual gain.
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