Statistician Cracks Scratch Lottery Code

The numbers on those cheap “scratch and win” lottery tickets might seem random, but there is a pattern—the randomness is just a “mathematical lie.” Statistician Mohan Srivastava received two tickets as a gag gift and became intrigued when he won $3 on a tic-tac-toe scratch game. He cracked the…

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Statistician Cracks Scratch Lottery Code

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