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|    occam to Howard    |
|    Re: The Lottery is a Tax Refund for Peop    |
|    13 Dec 20 17:31:11    |
      From: nobody@nowhere.nix              On 08/12/2020 02:50, Howard wrote:       > A Michigan man figured out how odds in a type of lottery game could shift       > to ticket buyers and grossed $27 million over 9 years, with a net profit of       > $7.75 million over nine years.       >       > https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/       >       > The method involved a huge amount of standing around buying and sorting       > tickets.       >              Brilliant article. A fascinating story, well told. Thanks.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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