Man won 12 times in lottery

[DoublerHunter]

This person must be banned from all Lottery games, however this person can make a Casino go bankrupt because of his intelligence. I'm amazed that he has won several times in the game which includes difficult to win. For ordinary people win once will be difficult.

^ But how could he ban that usually, Lotteries gambling did not have KYC, as long as players can buy tickets and that's it.
But as I saw the article that man was basically good at solving Math. He was bought or possibility fills out a hundreds or maybe thousands of tickets and I think the capital he used is possible huge too. One possible if that fishy is that man had a possible contact one of those operators in lottery staff.

[bering]

The story of his life was very interesting that he was motivate to won the lottery because his job have low salary which mean he seeking another solution to get rich and calculated every possibility to won the lottery and i have to admit he was very genius on math and probably in today age we won't see again math genius break new algorithm to won the lottery moreover the current lottery system more sophisticated than several decades ago

[Darker45]

The story of his life was very interesting that he was motivate to won the lottery because his job have low salary which mean he seeking another solution to get rich and calculated every possibility to won the lottery and i have to admit he was very genius on math and probably in today age we won't see again math genius break new algorithm to won the lottery moreover the current lottery system more sophisticated than several decades ago

This man is exceptional. One in a million. In fact, I admire this man a thousand times more than the card readers from MIT, who are also geniuses in their own respect, because he was not a product of any Ivy League school nor in a particular lot in life in which he can indulge himself in arithmetic without having to think of other more important things. This man is a natural genius!

[yazher]

This reminds me about the movie of Leonardo de Carpio, catch me If you can. when he got the red light on his country he jumped to another country to do his tricks and unfortunately like this guy in the OP he got caught too. but his talent got him out and use it this time to help the government to reduce the scam and fraud on their country. I wonder If that man can use his talent too to prevent some illegal activity.

[Indamuck]

Once a jackpot reaches a certain amount and you buy every number possibility your expected return will be higher than what you spent but you also have to factor in other people winning at the same time as you.

[tsaroz]

For anyone to be successful in cracking the printing algorithm, he needs to be a genius. For most of us even though we tried our best and take advantages of the computing power, we'd still not be able to achieve what he did. Not just because we are not good at maths but also because all of the lotteries after that even has changed themselves to be indecisive till the final moments and as everything is discrete, there's no algorithm to look at.

[robelneo]

I've watched the video, So this is the guy who made a change in how the lottery was played, it is now illegal in  many countries, it's a syndicate and illegal, all lottery will lose their reputation if a syndicate can do this, that is why all countries are on a lookup if there are lottery syndicate operating in their country.

[TopTort777]

I wonder if IRL casinos allow him to play.
Btw, it is said, that he "got prisoned". What for ? For being a "mathematical genius"? That's a shame 

[milewilda]

I wonder if IRL casinos allow him to play.
Btw, it is said, that he "got prisoned". What for ? For being a "mathematical genius"? That's a shame 

You would able to answer those questions if you tend to watch up the video.
I did watch the video and i would say that it is really possible to hit up jackpots come to think on spending/printing all possible combinations that a lottery could have.
You would definitely hit up the number but its too hassle for a work plus needing sufficient fund for that kind of system.It isnt really a lucky thing but this one
bet all the combinations.

[Ryker1]

I wonder if IRL casinos allow him to play.

Well, I also think about this one or maybe he had allies inside on that lottery gambling that he won(something fishy right?). The story of this man who won not only 12 times but the article say it is 14 times is very interesting and I think he different among other normal gamblers. Indeed, maybe he just good in solving Math in finding (x) which the random number to pick in a draw. But for sure he had a huge capital on this in buying a bunch of tickets.

[bernardos]

So basically he placed money on every single combination of numbers making sure that once he won the winnings would cover all his expenses.
Of course he had help from several investors who financed his endeavors. An intelligent man who saw an opportunity and made profit from it. Unfortunately he went too far and ended up in prison. 

[Oceat]

Winning 12 times is not because of luck, I don't believe it's just luck, he won because he is smart and maybe have exploited the system.
Lottery is a kind of game that is hard to win due to gamblers having a little chance of winning, this one is rare.

How is this possible winning 12 times? I mean how come someone exploited the lottery system? And i don't think luck will be the main reason for all of his winning. There is just something odd on that when someone starts to win like almost in a row, i don't know if he beats it by knowledge or he may be just too lucky.

[o48o]

How is this possible winning 12 times? I mean how come someone exploited the lottery system? And i don't think luck will be the main reason for all of his winning. There is just something odd on that when someone starts to win like almost in a row, i don't know if he beats it by knowledge or he may be just too lucky.

Has anyone in here actually watched that video? People in here are claiming he needs to be genius to figure that solution out. It's not as impressive as people are stating in here. He just crowdfunded for tickets and bought all the possibilities when the jackpot price was 3x over the sum he paid.

[Naida_BR]

He probably made a good algorithm to decrease the possibilities of not winning, but he took a big risk of getting money from his relatives to by all those lottery tickets.
In my opinion, he was lucky enough to win the price from the first attempt, otherwise he would be in very difficult position and in high debt as well.

[davis196]

He won 14 times in a row,but in a 30-year period,which is weird.
If he really won that much,there must be some pattern followed by the lottery,which means that the lottery wasn't 100% fair and 100% based on luck.This guy simply revealed how the lottery was cheating the ordinary people and he exploited a crack in the lottery system.

[romero121]

Everyone can't be Stefan, these are very exceptional people who have got mathematical skills that a common human doesn't possess. As most of the users here mentioned it isn't luck, the skills have got him such a big number of wins out of lottery which none could've got till date around the world. To study the script he could've trained himself without which it isn't an easy task.

[omonuyak]

If the numbers are picked using true random integers then this is a statistical impossibility, unless you have bought lots of tickets

That is why op said the man is genius in mathematics! He do break into the lottery system and arrange it in his favour and by doing that the odd of win is in his side. However, I see this as manipulation and he could have channeled his intellect and mathematical skills in solving some mathematics issues we are having instead of using it to manipulate lottery systems.

[target]

What is he in for after he won in many countries? If I won 12 times, I'd be buying all the cops trying to chain me.

The government must be very worried about their money given away to someone who had been finding ways to outsmart their lottery system. Winning 2 times is already crazy, if I were him I would have passed a year or two before trying to win another. Lucky Devil.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

If you wanted to crack the code like him, you shoud:
1. Be a mathematical genius
2. Crack the new algorithms for the new system of lottery since its computerized now


I guess being lucky comes to his genius mind in the first place.

Source Link:
https://youtu.be/eOX7acjkGv0

Even with the computerized system, I think there is a lot possibily digit would happened. or maybe he put money on many several possibily?  and also possible if the lottery system is updated. and the hash complexity of the old ones replaced may be a challenge. but if he is a genius and got prisoned just because he can do that it is not right. someone like him must be given a special place.

[iyah adrian]

If now someone can master that, of course he must be rich by just doing a lottery or gambling. Unfortunately one such person has been jailed as he said. If you want to be like Stefan Mandel there are 2 points that @OP says that we must be the type of people in mathematics and solve algorithms. With these two things can we do as Stefan Mandel did? I can't think there will be anyone who can do this again. Because it can harm gambling sites.