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Title: owner of a lonely heart
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Is the apparent randomness of the scratch ticket just a facade, a mathematical lie?
Mohan Srivastava, a geological statistician living in Toronto, was working in his office in June 2003, waiting for some files to download onto his computer, when he discovered a couple of old lottery tickets buried under some paper on his desk. The tickets were cheap scratchers — a gag gift from his squash partner — and Srivastava found himself wondering if any of them were winners. He fished a coin out of a drawer and began scratching off the latex coating. "The first was a loser, and I felt pretty smug," Srivastava says. "I thought, 'This is exactly why I never play these dumb games.'"
The second ticket was a tic-tac-toe game. Its design was straightforward: On the right were eight tic-tac-toe boards, dense with different numbers. On the left was a box headlined "Your Numbers," covered with a scratchable latex coating. The goal was to scrape off the latex and compare the numbers under it to the digits on the boards. If three of "Your Numbers" appeared on a board in a straight line, you'd won. Srivastava matched up each of his numbers with the digits on the boards, and much to his surprise, the ticket had a tic-tac-toe. Srivastava had won $3. "This is the smallest amount you can win, but I can't tell you how excited it made me," he says. "I felt like the king of the world." |
http://www.lotterypost.com/news/227079/1940460
pretty long article.
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FNJ
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I constantly ask myself why a pop culture website such as this one has so many topics like this in it's general discussion.
Then I give up.
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Black Zarak
Title: Big Coffin Hunter
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We're a pop culture website? I thought we were like a school bus or something...
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Syd Lexia
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Scratch tickets aren't lottery tickets.
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SoldierHawk
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I constantly ask myself why a pop culture website such as this one has so many topics like this in it's general discussion.
Then I give up. |
Because all of us are more than the shared pop-culture interest that brought us to the community in the first place. We've gotten to know each other, so it's only natural to share stories of interest in a non-specified forum like "General." We do the pop culture talk in the dedicated sections.
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Klimbatize
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Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
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| FNJ wrote: |
I constantly ask myself why a pop culture website such as this one has so many topics like this in it's general discussion.
Then I give up. |
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
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| FNJ wrote: |
I constantly ask myself why a pop culture website such as this one has so many topics like this in it's general discussion.
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Beat me to it.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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it should say "talk about whatever the fuck you want... unless it pisses Jeebus off"
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Buzzed27
Title: NOT a Druggy
Joined: Nov 22 2009
Location: Land of Fruits and Nuts
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| it should say "talk about whatever the fuck you want... As long as it pisses Jeebus off" |
Fix'd
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Proud owner of an ignorance driven name. |
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
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Bah, that joke is tired, he ain't that bad. 
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
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Location: phoenix, az usa
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thats true.
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Buzzed27
Title: NOT a Druggy
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Fair enough fair enough. 
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aeonic
Title: Sporadic Poster
Joined: Nov 19 2009
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He's way better than Fred. Also, I'm considering buying a thousand 1$ scratchers with part of my bonus this year. Thoughts?
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
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| Blackout wrote: |
| Bah, that joke is tired, he ain't that bad. |
Remember: toilet water.
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
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| He's way better than Fred. Also, I'm considering buying a thousand 1$ scratchers with part of my bonus this year. Thoughts? |
Save $1000 and play every possible number on the 3-digit game.
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I'm not a bad enough dude, but I am an edgy little shit. I'll do what I can. |
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Tomdincan
Title: Test Icicle
Joined: Oct 02 2010
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In Texas, the top prize for Pick 3 is only $500.
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
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Same in Virginia. It would make for a funny headline, though.
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FNJ
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| Blackout wrote: |
| Bah, that joke is tired, he ain't that bad. |
who said it was a joke?
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Tomdincan
Title: Test Icicle
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| Same in Virginia. It would make for a funny headline, though. |
That would be really amusing.
A friend of mine that worked at a convenience store spent $412 on the remainder of a roll of scratch tickets. He ended up winning about $300.
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