MIT students scam Lottery for $8 million

[ainsleyb]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mit-students-scammed-massachusetts-state-lottery-8-million-report-article-1.1128482

[rincewind]

This is old news: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011...

Also does "scamming" not involve some kind of lie or misrepresentation? They just bought lottery tickets.

[leephillips]

The article[1] that the posted links rips off (but links to) has more details and is less inflammatory.

[1] http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012...

[tomp]

Scammed? They played by the rules.

[powerslave12r]

It just sounds like the reporter is pissed because he couldn't get in on the action.

If this is a scam then so is pooling in money with your friends and family to increase the odds of winning.

[rorrr]

This article doesn't explain anything, and heavily engages in libel and other name calling.

[yen223 → rorrr]

That was the first thing that struck me as well. This article didn't even pretend to be objective.