Some fun examples in this thread. One more is how the French lottery was hacked in the 18th century: http://www.veritablehokum.com/comic/voltaire-broke-the-lott

Some fun examples in this thread. One more is how the French lottery was hacked in the 18th century: http://www.veritablehokum.com/comic/voltaire-broke-the-lottery/ http://www.veritablehokum.com/comic/voltaire-broke-the-lotte... "Short Version: France accidentally started a lottery where, under certain conditions, the total prize was worth more than the total cost of all the tickets."