[I]n August 2010 ... a group led by a 2007 MIT graduate named Yuran Lu found a way to win virtually all the prizes themselves. ... During a four-day stretch bet

[I]n August 2010 ... a group led by a 2007 MIT graduate named Yuran Lu found a way to win virtually all the prizes themselves. ... During a four-day stretch between Aug. 13 and Aug. 16, 2010, Lu and his MIT classmate James Harvey ... bought nearly $1.4 million in tickets. Yuran Lu and James Harvey are co-founders of QuicklyChat (YC S12 - http://www.quicklychat.com/about.html http://www.quicklychat.com/about.html) http://blog.ycombinator.com/quicklychat-yc-s12-brings-push-to-talk-video http://blog.ycombinator.com/quicklychat-yc-s12-brings-push-t... I guess they had no trouble with question 3 on the YC application: Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage.