Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code: "Via: Wired: As a trained statistician with degrees from MIT and Stanford University, Srivastava was intrigued by the technical problem posed by the lottery ticket. In fact, it reminded him a lot of his day job, which involves consulting for mining and oil companies. A typical assignment for Srivastava goes like this: A mining company [...]"