?The tickets are clearly mass-produced, which means there must be some computer program that lays down the numbers. Of course, it would be really nice if the computer could just spit out random digits. But that?s not possible, since the lottery corporation needs to control the number of winning tickets. The game can?t be truly random. Instead, it has to generate the illusion of randomness while actually being carefully determined.?
His next thought was utterly predictable: ?I remember thinking, I?m gonna be rich! I?m gonna plunder the lottery!? he says. However, these grandiose dreams soon gave way to more practical concerns. ?Once I worked out how much money I could make if this was my full-time job, I got a lot less excited,? Srivastava says. ?I?d have to travel from store to store and spend 45 seconds cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day. That?s not bad. But to be honest, I make more as a consultant, and I find consulting to be a lot more interesting than scratch lottery tickets.?
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His next thought was utterly predictable: ?I remember thinking, I?m gonna be rich! I?m gonna plunder the lottery!? he says. However, these grandiose dreams soon gave way to more practical concerns. ?Once I worked out how much money I could make if this was my full-time job, I got a lot less excited,? Srivastava says. ?I?d have to travel from store to store and spend 45 seconds cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day. That?s not bad. But to be honest, I make more as a consultant, and I find consulting to be a lot more interesting than scratch lottery tickets.?
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