Math Path

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If ever there were a universal language, that language has got to be math (unless it’s music, which seems to be math with the volume turned up).

Nevertheless, many of us rebelled against math in grade school.  We thought to ourselves, “When will I ever use this stuff, so why bother?”

Yet someone has risen from our midst to answer that pressing question.  His name isn’t Newton, Einstein or Hawking: It’s merely Stefan Mandel.

Mandel found a way to beat the lottery system.  He did this not once, but time and again, making millions along the way.  And what was this way?  The math path!

Mandel figured that there were finite choices to win with.  He therefore “looked for lotteries that had jackpots for more than the amount it would take to buy a ticket for every number combination.”  After this strategy bore juicy fruit in his native Romania, he then took off for other countries.

While in America, Mandel noticed that Virginia had only 44 numbers, as opposed to the 54 in other states.  When Virginia’s jackpot “reached 27 million,” he hired a team to buy tickets for almost all possibilities.  This hit a huge payday, at least until the authorities sued him.  The lengthy legal follow-up cost Mandel all his winnings.

It turns out that math cannot outwit the highest common denominator after all.

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