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There is that Stanford math PhD that won four lotteries. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kiriblakeley/2011/07/21/meet-the...


That's really interesting. Seems pretty obvious she cheated in some way.

If something only happens once every 'quadrillion years' that's pretty much evidence right there, but given all of the other suspicious things as well...ya - I think there is basically no chance those were legit wins.


There is a similar story of a Canadian or somewhere that cracked a weakness in the mechanics of a scratch off game (Monty Hall paradox exploited in real life!) for consistent average winnings.

And of course the famous MIT Blackjack team.

Of course, a lottery loves publicity, and they don't care which player wins, so win-win.




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