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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