Comment by thaumasiotes
6 years ago
It might not be too late for the lottery numbers!
I can't find it now, but I remember reading about a guy who was arrested in China for buying winning lottery numbers after they'd already been announced. The semi-surprising thing, to me, was that he did this more than once.
Seems like a clear example of when you should take the win, and then leave in dignified haste.
Most criminals get caught because they can’t stop getting bigger. Same with most diseases
You mean the criminals that we catch are the ones who cant help getting too big
After all, it worked once, why would it not work again...?
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - perhaps they are too sane for their own good :)
This is usually money laundering. A Brazilian politic had won the lottery 7 times.
This isn't a case of an unknown mechanism. The guy noticed that the lottery didn't close for a few minutes after the winning numbers were announced, making it possible to just watch the announcement and then buy the numbers.
As such, there is no reason to believe it's anything more than it appears.