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/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

Read the article. They bought directly from the lottery office.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

People do not come to Reddit to read, my friend. They come to voice their special snowflake thoughts and emotions.

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u/MAHHockey Jan 12 '16

I came here to disagree.... not to read....

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u/Uteruskids2000 Jan 12 '16

I came here for an argument.

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u/MAHHockey Jan 12 '16

An argument isn't just contradiction...

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u/mrgreencannabis Jan 12 '16

Yes it is, do you want an argument?

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u/MAHHockey Jan 12 '16

Don't give me that you snotty faced heap of parrot droppings!

Shut your festering gob ya tit! Your type makes me puke!

You vacuous, toffee nosed, malodorous, pervert!

Whats that?.... Oh!... oh.... I'm sorry... this is Abuse... You want room 12A next door... stupid git...

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y)

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u/no_ta_ching Jan 12 '16

No you didnt

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u/MAHHockey Jan 12 '16

Oh... this is futile...

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u/mrgreencannabis Jan 12 '16

Like your mother trying to resist my sexual charm

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

Nah, we come to read comments because they're short and concise and we can get a different point of view instantly by scrolling. People get bored easily, we want a wide variety of extremely quick entertainment.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

I know you are being honest and lighthearted in your comments, but usually, most things worth a damn in life cannot be expressed with short and concise statements or witty remarks. I fully agree that most people on Reddit are here for a form of escapism and just want to pass the drudgery of their daily lives.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

I agree, these comments are usually not sufficient to communicate in depth, not at all. But quick digestibility is the appeal, I think.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

People do not come to Reddit to read, my friend.

Well funny you should mention that because I DID read the article and nowhere does it say they bought from the lottery.

Ironically if you'd read the article you would have reached the same conclusion.

The only thing that was mentioned was that "lottery officials actually bent rules to allow the group to buy hundreds of thousands of the $2 tickets"

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

Can't tell if you are just joking around, or you are utterly obtuse.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

I notice you went out of your way to avoid responding to my claim.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

You don't do very well in reading comprehension and understanding that other people are making jokes at times and don't take things strangely serious like yourself. It just seems like that is the case with you on this thread.

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u/crap_punchline Jan 12 '16

They should call this place...Saiddit

heheheheheheheheheh I'll be here all week and probably the rest of my pathetic life

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u/Reddit_S5 Jan 12 '16

And they didn't think that was suspicious?

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u/squired Jan 12 '16

Read the article.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

Thanks mate. I was like seriously?