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It's like a redistribution of wealth scheme. Welfare checks go to the poor who use their welfare to purchase lotto tickets. Some ends end back in the government
by jrs235 11y ago
It's like a redistribution of wealth scheme. Welfare checks go to the poor who use their welfare to purchase lotto tickets. Some ends end back in the governments hands and some lands in the lottery operators coffers. Anyone know how much lottery officials and employees earn/make?
- jrs235 11y agoThen add on top of it the scandal that happened in the past where a lottery official was selling the winning numbers to certain people in return for a kickback from the winnings. http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/with-14b-lottery-jackpot-scandal-seems-all-but-forgotten/ http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/with-14b-lottery-ja... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/09/the-company-that-runs-powerball-had-a-16-5-million-jackpot-rigged-by-a-former-employee/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/0... And the wiki article explains a little bit more on how he did it[1]: "When his trial began on April 13, 2015, evidence was introduced by the prosecutors to support allegations that Tipton had rigged the draw in question, by using his privileged access to an MUSL facility to install a rootkit on the computer containing Hot Lotto's random number generator, and then attempting to claim a winning ticket with the rigged numbers anonymously." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Lotto_fraud_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Lotto_fraud_scandal