Like counting cards in Vegas, but this one was used to beat a TV game show out of some big 💰:
"After weeks of painstaking scrutiny Michael realized that the bouncing prize selector did not actually move randomly; it always followed one of five lengthy sequences"
The show was in 1984, the article from 2011. Via Hacker News.
Great read.
https://www.damninteresting.com/who-wants-to-be-a-thousandaire/
#Money #Scams
Dave Mark /
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2024-05-08 15:43:56
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