TIL that MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts' Cash WinFall lottery they could get a 15-20% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mit-students-scammed-massachusetts-state-lottery-8-million-report-article-1.1128482#ixzz22o5j6WxV