teacherone
02-07-2011, 07:45 AM
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/933200--toronto-man-cracked-the-code-to-scratch-lottery-tickets?bn=1
After receiving degrees from MIT and Stanford University, Srivastava began a career as a geostatistical consultant, helping international mining companies determine where to point their drills.
His job entails using data to extrapolate how much wealth might be buried underground.
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All these factors came into play in June 2003, when Srivastava scratched his first lottery ticket, given to him as a gag gift.
He won $3. After a momentary wave of “child-like joy” subsided, the gears in his brain began to click.
“I started wondering how they’re produced,” he said. “By the time I got to the Petro-Canada (to redeem the prize), I knew how I would write the computer program.”
Srivastava thought this was the end to his ponderings. But later, walking past the same Petro-Canada, he heard a voice in his head:
long article well worth the read
After receiving degrees from MIT and Stanford University, Srivastava began a career as a geostatistical consultant, helping international mining companies determine where to point their drills.
His job entails using data to extrapolate how much wealth might be buried underground.
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All these factors came into play in June 2003, when Srivastava scratched his first lottery ticket, given to him as a gag gift.
He won $3. After a momentary wave of “child-like joy” subsided, the gears in his brain began to click.
“I started wondering how they’re produced,” he said. “By the time I got to the Petro-Canada (to redeem the prize), I knew how I would write the computer program.”
Srivastava thought this was the end to his ponderings. But later, walking past the same Petro-Canada, he heard a voice in his head:
long article well worth the read