A Secretive Gambler Called 'The Joker' Took Down the Texas Lottery

by wallflower on 4/13/2025, 5:48:23 AM with 12 comments

  • by dtagames on 4/13/2025, 2:00:26 PM

    Serious gambling in most industries like casinos, NFTs, F2P and PTW games is all driven by whales[0]. Horse racing has been taken over by math whales, too. The house knows the small fish are only there as food for the whales.

    [0] Source: I'm a former dev at an NFT/F2P game studio owned by a large slot machine maker.

  • by dtagames on 4/13/2025, 1:44:09 PM

    https://archive.ph/kF1oC

  • by nopeYouAreWrong on 4/13/2025, 3:38:36 PM

    "The game called for picking six numbers from 1 and 54. For a pro gambler, some sets of numbers—such as 1,2,3,4,5,6—aren’t worth picking because so many other players choose them, which would split the pot. Marantelli’s operation bought 99.3% of the possibilities."

    Wouldn't this be 54x53x52x51x50x49 = 18,595,558,800 therefore 99.3% is 18,465,389,888.4 or basically over 18 billion dollars in tickets (at $1 per ticket)?