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Originally Posted by pilotbob
These guys where stealing lottery tickets. They needed a large sample so they could reverse engineer the algorithm used to tie the serial number to the prize amount. This way they could determine the serial number for the $5million winner. There was an insider working with them why got access to the list of s/n's that went to the lottery agents so they could then buy the jackpot ticket.
Of course, through the whole show Prof Charlie Epps was saying how it was a tax on the mathematically inept among us... of course his Dad took the opposite stance... sort of like I do... the money in most state lotteries is used for education.
As a matter of fact, lottery money is paying the tuition of both of my two sons currently in college.
There was a funny gag at the end where Charlie's Dad gives him a lotto ticket and Charlie win's $10k... only to find out that his dad punked him and it was a gag lotto ticket he bought online.
BOb
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Numb3rs is a fascinating program. One day when I have more time on my hands, I may catch up with the episodes. At the moment, all I watch on TV are new episodes of
Lie to me and
Smallville, and an occasional episode of
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (the 50s TV show starring Ron Howard as Sherlock) on the web.