In the realm of the more day-to-day treasures, a statistician out of Toronto cracks the Scratch Lottery Ticket Code, then turns over his findings to the lottery board because he calculates he can only make around $600.00 a day at it, and it isn't worth his while....
I almost wonder if the Lottery Board itself doesn't put out these news releases, knowing that the number of would-be ticket crackers will fill their pockets far more than the successful ones. I do know that even if he did crack the code, it's unlikely that there's been any great overhaul on the ticket printing process.
Link: Wired