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Re:How MIT Students Won $8M in the Massachusetts Lottery (2012) by jraedisch on Monday June 08, 2015 @09:50AM (#9678998)
They must be lessening the chances of winning or the amount per win for other players?! After all I am pretty sure that lottery is a zero sum game.
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Re:How MIT Students Won $8M in the Massachusetts Lottery (2012) by TallGuyShort on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:43AM (#9679362)
If you're not a group of geniuses at MIT, you really shouldn't be surprised when you lose money gambling. If you're poor enough that I'm supposed to feel sorry for you, buying a lottery ticket is a very irrational thing to be doing.
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