And the rich get richer

**nuisance26** · 08-01-2011, 02:14 PM

~You can beat the lottery if you have enough money for start-up. A game with a windfall for a knowing few - Boston.com
Hard to believe they haven't closed the loopholes that allow this. I certainly don't blame those with the know-how, money and time to do it but it sure stinks for the people with only enough money to play 2 or three tickets.
Then again, most of us know that it's mostly throwing money down a rathole anyway. But I still feel sorry for the little guys. ~

**KimZ** · 08-01-2011, 02:19 PM

SERIOUSLY!!! And they make a business out of the Lottery - a gambling company?

**Greebo** · 08-01-2011, 02:19 PM

If the lottery commission KNOWS about the flaw in the system, I don't understand why the game is even still running?

**Contrary Housewife** · 08-01-2011, 03:13 PM

There's no loophole, they are playing a statistics game. It's a game of chance and they know that their chances are very very good if they buy 300,000 tickets. Good for them, and what a way to "game the system."

Did you also notice that the state is going to make nearly 1 BILLION off the "little people" playing 1 or 2 tickets at a time? Paying back 2 or 3 million to smart lottery players is nothing.

And remember, they'll pay about 50% of what they win back in taxes.

**Ramona** · 08-01-2011, 03:14 PM

I hope Mr and Mrs Selbee and Mr Fettig are inundated with requests for money from friends and family

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**Bournecrazy** · 08-01-2011, 05:17 PM

They do that over here with the lottery, if the jackpot has 3 rollovers and no-one has won the prizes gets 'rolled-down' but only a level or 2 so you still need to get 5+ numbers to get a good payout.