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Nature of Randomness in Mechanical SystemsReply
Pennsylvania, April 24th, 1980. Nick Perry, then the host of the lottery drawings at WTAE in Pittsburgh, and lottery official Edward Plevel recruited WTAE art director Joseph Bock to inject a small amount of latex paint into the lottery balls that were not 4's or 6's. Reducing the 1:1,000 odds down to 1:8. They then played 7,000 tickets of each of the 8 combinations for a payday of $3,500,000 when 6-6-6 was drawn. There were other co conspirators who bought the tickets. They were eventually caug
Feb 6, 2024, 8:09 am - hypersoniq - Mathematics Forum

Are Jerry and Marge old news here?Reply
I'd put them in the old news category because they did it in 2003, and also because their method relied on the game having a roll-down prize structure. I can't find any game in recent memory in any state that has this kind of prize structure that allows you to do what the Selbees did. I think state lotteries are aware of the Selbee method and want to avoid that happening again. If you want to know about Pennsylvania games, go to https://www.palottery.state.pa.us There you can read about
Jan 22, 2023, 11:19 am - cottoneyedjoe - Mathematics Forum