No one asked what I was doing with 120,526,770 records

[Bob Stockler]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 07:55:03AM -0500, Michael J. Mc Avoy Sr. wrote:
| Jay,
| 
| Honest this is how it's done.
| Power Ball is 5 of 53 for the first 5 numbers, so
| 
| picking 5 of 53 is 53/5=10.6
| 
| then picking 4 of 52 is times 52/4=137.8
| 
| then picking 3 of 51 is times 51/3=2342.6
| 
| then picking 2 of 50 is times 50/2=58565
| 
| then picking 1 of 49 is times 49=2,869,685
| 
| 2,896,685 is the number of combinations
| of the first five.
| 
| then there will be 1 of 42 power balls
| 
| so times 42=120,526,770
| 
| and that's the truth..........
| 
| I am putting together 309,043 text files,
| each file has 390 random selected, used only once
| combinations.  I have 15,000 done now.  It is a
| very long process right now till I get some combos
| used up and I can shrink the file.  Current hourly
| output is 280,800 with out hitting very many used
| records.
| 
| Now if I can locate 309,043 people to play the
| numbers I give them.  Someone will win, all of
| the numbers are covered.
| 
| Power Ball is in 27 states, D.C., P.R., V.I.
| 
| I just need a few to get it started.
| 
| Why? Well I was born in Las Vegas is the only
| answer I can offer.

In Kentucky we call that touting.

I was on a Federal District Court jury in the trial of an
accused tout.  The case involved his actions at a meet in
Hot Springs, Ark.  He would phone his clients, giving each
one a different horse (or horses) in the race, explaining
to each one why his handicapping of the race indicated the
the reasons it (or they) provided good betting oportunities. 
In return all he expected was a percentage of the winnings.

Using the telephone to contact "clients" in various states
was what made it a Federal offense (the FBI had a phone tap
on the pay phone booth the tout used).

It's been a long time ago, so I forget some of the details
now, but I do recall he spread around among his suckers,
from race to race, the horses with the better chances, thus
hoping to keep on board as many as possible of his marks.

The guy was the ultimate con man.  He took the stand and
testified in his defense, convincing enough of the jury to
result in it being hung.

After the trial the judge called the jury into his chambers
and heatedly told us that those of us who fell for his lies
were his new suckers [1].

Bob

[1] - The judge didn't know it, but the "new suckers" were
      some of the upper crust and Louisville blue bloods.

-- 
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