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Broke the bank at Las Vegas, or won a packet of smokes for getting your tinkle out in class? Outrageous, heroic or plain stupid bets.

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(, Thu 7 May 2009, 13:04)
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Its Bread and Circuses all over again tho.
The Lottery like Reigion gives people Hope, as any good social scientist knows you have to dangle a carrot in front of the population occasionally. Or esle there its a easier path to riots and revolution.

Question for you though.
I know 2 "freinds of a freinds" who became millionares, one was the cousion of close freind and the other was the brother in law of someone I used to prop up the bar with. Is that the whole six degress of seperation, what are the odds of that.
(, Fri 8 May 2009, 10:49, 1 reply)
The same guy won the jackpot twice, blew it both times
That's so improbable it hurts!..and deeply unfair, but maths doesn't give a jot for our flawed concept of fairness ;)
(, Fri 8 May 2009, 11:01, closed)

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