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Lotteries are a tax on folks who are bad at math.... Scuba Aug 2012 #1
True ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #3
I buy a ticket now and then. I account for it in my entertainment expense budget.... Scuba Aug 2012 #4
I do the same, buy one once in a while, just on that wild chance. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #6
True. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #17
I do too DiverDave Aug 2012 #28
Classic case of a 'sucker bet' but I'm with you. It's like the Big Wheel coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #5
I completely agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #19
Pennies in the scheme compared to wall street and the banksters. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #2
Reducing one crime's significance in relation to another is a slippery slope but you've got one... Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #9
Oh great. Now everyone knows about this and will be doing the same thing. RC Aug 2012 #7
Where does the scam part come in? ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #8
Though I indirectly referred upthread to what the students did as a crime, you're right. Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #10
Yeah, calling it a 'scam' is a great way to make it look like they did something wrong. Gormy Cuss Aug 2012 #14
Come to think of it, it was also the MIT folks who excelled at card counting, too... Buns_of_Fire Aug 2012 #16
I see nothing wrong with this. Alduin Aug 2012 #11
It sounds like Massachusetts ... surrealAmerican Aug 2012 #12
Someone is going to win the lottery sooner or later, hedgehog Aug 2012 #18
Massachusetts MADE money on the game. closeupready Aug 2012 #20
I see you are correct ... surrealAmerican Aug 2012 #22
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I agreed with the decision to closeupready Aug 2012 #23
Worth reading the whole article- great twist in the last 3 paragraphs. nt Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #13
Smart kids. Good for them (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2012 #15
My father was a big gambler goclark Aug 2012 #21
Did he ever get banished? I know of some closeupready Aug 2012 #24
Nope, never got banished.... goclark Aug 2012 #25
Why did you add the word "scammed" to your title?... SidDithers Aug 2012 #26
I copied the title from the article. They must have changed it. Tony_FLADEM Aug 2012 #29
Bogus OP title! Original story says "won" not "scammed." GodlessBiker Aug 2012 #27
They must have changed it. I copied the OP title from the article. Tony_FLADEM Aug 2012 #30
They probably caught the same flack you're catching. Iggo Aug 2012 #31
Welcome to DU goclark Aug 2012 #32
Wrong. It's not a "scam" if you figure out how to win the game while following the rules CreekDog Aug 2012 #33
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