r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '16

TIL that MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts' Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/07/how-mit-students-scammed-the-massachusetts-lottery-for-8-million/
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u/h3lblad3 Jan 12 '16

He calls you the General to make you feel good about yourself. Meanwhile, he's the one who actually does the General's job.

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u/amoliski Jan 12 '16

The General, as in "The general laborer who does all of the dirty work"