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Chinese Man Hacks Lottery System, Gets Life in Prison
Note to self: Next visit to China, don't try rigging the lottery.
A Chinese lottery ticket seller has been sentenced to life in prison after taking advantage of a flaw in the system, which netted him 28 million yuan ($3.76 million) in tickets.
Basically, he figured out that a person can buy tickets with the right numbers within five minutes of their being announced -- and he did this many times over, according to sources at the Intermediate People's Court in Anshan, northeastern Heilongjiang province.
The 36 year-old man, Zhao Liqun, apparently "asked his neighbors and friends to cash the tickets at the Welfare Lottery Center and to bring back the money." No word on whether or not they get pinned as accomplices, but we're betting dollars to yuan they're not getting off scott free.
From Reuters
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJerryNov 8th 2007 9:40AM
In my opinion, the man should not have been charged. It was a flaw in the GAME, not a flaw in the man's Brain...
VictoriaNov 8th 2007 10:48AM
YOu have got to be kidding! What he did was wrong but to get life in prison for it is absolutely unfair. It's not like he raped or killed someone. There was a flaw in the game and all he did was take advantage of it. I hate to say it but he did what a lot of people would have done in his position. I hope he appeals his conviction and it's overturned.
linNov 8th 2007 3:18PM
uhmmmmmmm I don't think MANY TIMES and netting over $3million is just "taking advantage of the flaw". If it were legal then why'd he have to have others cash his tickets in?
PukkaNov 9th 2007 10:30AM
Just be glad he didn't get executed on spot. He should be paid not punished. But, hey, it is China, you life is grass
JohnNov 9th 2007 12:05PM
I find it hilarious that he is going to jail for something that is not illegal. Buying lottery tickets is legal, and choosing your own numbers is legal. Sure, he was being completely unethical, but it isn't like he rigged the system or anything. The only thing really fishy is that he had others cash the tickets in for him. Sounds to me like the government is just embarassed about their ineptitude.
Mike FNov 12th 2007 10:26PM
to bad the sytem was flawed.he deserves the money.giving him life in jail is stupid.i say good luck to him.i just wish i could do what he did.
studmuf869Nov 12th 2007 11:58PM
Hurry up with that cigarette!! Bang!!
JackieJan 29th 2008 3:48PM
Unethical is simply a neat and clean way of saying immoral. Sadly, immoral seems to describe most Americans these days.