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I love that this guy pulled this off. It's a great story. I was reminded of the story of Mohan Srivastava[1], an MIT/Stanford-trained statistician, who found a
by EvanAnderson 6y ago
I love that this guy pulled this off. It's a great story.
I was reminded of the story of Mohan Srivastava[1], an MIT/Stanford-trained statistician, who found a flaw in the Ontario Lottery's "Tic-Tac-Toe" instant game. There's a great quote from Mr. Srivastava re: his morality and exploiting the flaw he found:
"People often assume that I must be some extremely moral person because I didn't take advantage of the lottery," he says. "I can assure you that that's not the case. I'd simply done the math and concluded that beating the game wasn't worth my time."
[1] https://www.wired.com/2011/01/ff-lottery/ https://www.wired.com/2011/01/ff-lottery/
- Upvoter33 6y agoI have a different reaction: it is not an ethical thing to do. There are lots of things people can do to get money - but this doesn't mean people should do them. Isn't the ethical thing to do to report the problem so that the system can't be gamed by others?
- bluGill 6y agoI consider gambling unethical, and thus all forms of cheating are the only ethical way to play such games.
- sdeep27 6y agoWhere'd you come up with this logic? It's similar to saying I find modern banking unethical, therefore its only ethical that I hack in and steal both the depositors and the corporations money. Also why do you find gambling unethical? Do you also find poker unethical? What about trading stocks?
- justinclift 6y ago> Where'd you come up with this logic? Maybe because gambling companies whole purpose in life is to rip people off, so it's fair play to do that back to them? :)