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As a senior contributor who views my endeavors as absurd and futile,
when I hit the Big-one, can I presume you will be presented with an
ethical dilemma on whether or not to forgo your 10% commission? ;)
...

Tell ya what, put 1% of your lottery spending into an escrow account for my
benefit. If you bankrupt yourself before winning the big one, I get the money.
If you do win, you get it. Certainly someone with such accumen as you possess
could see such a gamble is virtually a guaranteed winner for you.

Lightning strikes people all the time, and not because they consciously chose to
stand in the wrong place. Purely fortuitous good things happen too, even to
people who believe they caused their own good fortune.

If lotteries were predictable, there's be very, very few fully employed
mathematicians and statisticians. Consider the logical implications of this.

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