A math teacher calculates lottery numbers - 2004-01-07
When he was an adolescent growing up in Erie, Pa., Don Catlin landed a job in the summer of 1954 that entailed him beating up on truck tires with a mallet, grease dump trucks and handle various figures.
He's been back, but always with his head for digits, which tells him that the chances of winning at casino games, compared to state lotteries, are posititive. Blackjack, for example, can be beaten. If you can handle numbers.
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