Tag: probability

  • Stefan Mandel And The Lottery Strategy That Actually Worked

    Stefan Mandel And The Lottery Strategy That Actually Worked

    Most lottery players spend a few dollars and hope for a miracle. Stefan Mandel did something very different. He studied the numbers, found lotteries with exploitable odds, gathered investors and eventually built a system that won jackpots 14 times. His biggest success came in Virginia in 1992, when his syndicate bought millions of combinations and…

  • A 7 Eleven Customer Got the Perfect Receipt and Saved It Forever

    A 7 Eleven Customer Got the Perfect Receipt and Saved It Forever

    A customer in Jacksonville walked out of 7-Eleven with a receipt that seemed almost too perfect to be real. The total was $7.11, the date was 7/11, and the time was exactly 7:11 PM. Instead of throwing it away, he framed it. Then a photo spread online with a claim that the odds were around…