How To Win The Lottery (By Cheating)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
  • Want to know how to always win the lottery? Ever wanted infinite money thanks to the mathematical law of average returns? Well today the spiffing brit is going to show off how to generate infinite money by showing how to win the lottery! We will be showing of an infinite money exploit and explaining how multiple people over history exploited the cash windfall lottery and its rolldowns to ensure a return of profit. We will be learning of Jerry and his wife who drove 700 miles to buy 250,000 lottery tickets and the MIT Students who earned over £40 million from efficently forcing lotteries to increase their prizes!
    Alongside this Spiff decides to enter the euro millions with a 1 in 163,000,000 chance of winning. I think I can see where this is going to end up...
    So sit back relax and enjoy this how to always win the lottery by cheating guide to discover how you can use maths to ensure you never have to gamble with the odds against you again! Pro tip dont go to a casino and instead get yourself a degree in statistics now that is a funny lottery millionaire lottery strategy!
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    CHAPTERS
    00:00 - BUYING ALL THE TICKETS
    00:09 - How to Always Win the Lottery
    01:53 - Ch. 1: Meet Jerry + Marge
    02:13 - Ch. 2: WinFall Explained
    04:45 - THE NATIONAL LOTTERY EXPERIMENT
    07:00 - Ch. 3: Jerry's Success
    09:04 - Ch. 4: Jerry & Marge Go Large
    10:19- Dramatic Pause....
    10:21 - Ch. 5: Let's Go Out of State
    11:25 - Ch. 6: A Challenger Approaches
    13:36 - Ch. 7: The Evil Exploit
    14:40 - EXPERIMENT RESULTS
    16:00 - Ch. 8: The End of it All
    16:47 - Ch. 9: No Losers Here
    18:53 - Ch. 10: A Lesson for You
    20:04 - What did we learn?
    21:05 - Patreons
    Title: How To Win The Lottery (By Cheating)
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  • @thespiffingbrit
    @thespiffingbrit  2 года назад +5319

    *It Just Works* - Lottery Director Todd Howard

    • @leonardgooden4983
      @leonardgooden4983 2 года назад +14

      🦂🦂🦂🦂🦂

    • @the_luckiest_charm
      @the_luckiest_charm 2 года назад +23

      ALL HAIL OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR TODD HOWARD

    • @chxbbofficial
      @chxbbofficial 2 года назад +10

      yes the words of a true genius

    • @sirmicah
      @sirmicah 2 года назад +7

      TODD

    • @Uzzgub
      @Uzzgub 2 года назад +9

      A interaction to appease the 6th Chaos God, the Almighty Algorithm, a Comment for the Comment Throne

  • @ComicalRealm
    @ComicalRealm 2 года назад +17250

    As someone once said: “The best way to become a millionaire by winning the lottery is to start off as a billionaire.”

    • @thespiffingbrit
      @thespiffingbrit  2 года назад +3072

      100% accurate advice

    • @andromidius
      @andromidius 2 года назад +338

      Reminds me of a story from 20+ years ago (maybe a bit more come to think of it...) where a company was planning on buying literally every combination of ticket in order to win a huge rollover jackpot. I think they were stopped from doing this, but it goes to show how greedy people can be.

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 2 года назад +31

      NO! NO! NO! Many people say I am sick in the head. NOOOO!!!! I don't believe them. But there are so many people commenting this stuff on my videos, that I have 1% doubt. So I have to ask you right now: Do you think I am sick in the head? Thanks for helping, my dear rhw

    • @callmemackeroni
      @callmemackeroni 2 года назад +131

      @@AxxLAfriku Yes (;

    • @AndroidFerret
      @AndroidFerret 2 года назад +14

      @@andromidius i thought before when there are markets with lottery stands offering a car and a lot of other prices ...if you count the whole winning money ..you could just buy all tickets and sell the prices ..

  • @oopsydoodle8332
    @oopsydoodle8332 2 года назад +4615

    Man if this guy ever becomes a supervillain we're all doomed.

    • @karlhenke91
      @karlhenke91 2 года назад +138

      "If"?!

    • @zerox8830
      @zerox8830 2 года назад +217

      he is a brit, he is already a villain

    • @boltaurelius376
      @boltaurelius376 2 года назад +32

      Always was

    • @artyd42
      @artyd42 2 года назад +38

      Oh it's already too late. You just haven't noticed yet.

    • @PrepareToDie0
      @PrepareToDie0 2 года назад +15

      *when

  • @KryAON
    @KryAON Год назад +129

    I love how he used the numbers 4,8,15,16,23,42 for the example 😂

    • @MrAtilla187
      @MrAtilla187 Год назад +7

      Spotted the lost fan :)

    • @FilmscoreMetaler
      @FilmscoreMetaler Год назад +14

      I've been using these numbers as a user name for the past 18 years and my immediate reaction was "that's ME wtf" until two seconds later "oh, right."

    • @Tasmanaut
      @Tasmanaut Год назад +2

      I use them when i play keno. Won more times than I've lost.

    • @panthakurai5267
      @panthakurai5267 Год назад +2

      Mmm 😏 Shannon

    • @GucciVal
      @GucciVal 9 месяцев назад

      Everybody loves Hugo ❤

  • @danielwright1950
    @danielwright1950 Год назад +191

    Jesus spiff have you considered doing more videos like this I think honestly story time with the spiff would be a great idea

  • @thepeacefulnetch
    @thepeacefulnetch 2 года назад +5583

    “Lotteries are a tax on people who can’t do math.”
    That sentence has saved me a lot of money over the years.

    • @robertharvilla4881
      @robertharvilla4881 2 года назад +183

      I prefer the term stupid tax. Most stupid people won't even understand there's actual math involved, so the math angle never works. LOL

    • @davidtitanium22
      @davidtitanium22 2 года назад +211

      with how they're advertised as "buying dreams", there's an escapism aspect too, for people desperate enough that lottery is their only hope of moving up in the world
      which makes it more sickening

    • @mrspy5736
      @mrspy5736 2 года назад +51

      So sick, I hated hearing "win the holidays with Arizonas MEGA millions." At work all the time during Christmas time, hoping no one really fell for that.

    • @hypnopump
      @hypnopump 2 года назад +8

      @@robertharvilla4881"I prefer the term self righteous tax as I know but make no effort to make any change - but GOSH I sure am vocal!"

    • @SophiaAphrodite
      @SophiaAphrodite 2 года назад +19

      They are a tax on the poor and the desperate. It is as predatory as credit cards.

  • @salted6422
    @salted6422 2 года назад +2703

    Here's a HUGE tip for you guys; You can actually just take stuff from a store WITHOUT PAYING and the only downside is that you have to be a bit sneaky about it or else you'll have someone nag at you. It's an incredible trick and in long-term it can SAVE YOUR MONEY.

    • @thespiffingbrit
      @thespiffingbrit  2 года назад +853

      *Sneak Level 100*

    • @theawkwardpotato264
      @theawkwardpotato264 2 года назад +295

      Everybody uses the barter system when you have a gun.

    • @GrandMsterPie
      @GrandMsterPie 2 года назад +66

      Or start with I live in California Origin story and just walk right out of the store cause no one will stop you

    • @vantablack6288
      @vantablack6288 2 года назад +61

      just put the bucket over their head. wont notice a thing

    • @doomboots
      @doomboots 2 года назад +40

      Too bad the quicksave punch load exploit doesn't work IRL

  • @renkeludwig7405
    @renkeludwig7405 2 года назад +21

    This man plays life like a video game.

  • @Solike99
    @Solike99 10 месяцев назад +5

    Spiff, I cannot stress enough how much I love your channel. Your voice, your humour, your editing. Men each video is a master creation. Good job indeed my brithish friend.

  • @deadtomatoe8949
    @deadtomatoe8949 2 года назад +3290

    Honestly, this is more a Video Essay than an "this is perfectly balanced" video. And I really do love this. I wish more of these "people exploited stuff" videos, it was really entertaining

    • @thespiffingbrit
      @thespiffingbrit  2 года назад +658

      Thanks friend. We enjoy trying to show the world ways in which real world exploits exist and can be found. I mean we use methods like statistical advantage in video games too.

    • @Wyulliam
      @Wyulliam 2 года назад +50

      @@thespiffingbrit loved the ones about pizza hut and mc donalds too. We demand more

    • @professoroak7545
      @professoroak7545 2 года назад +8

      @@thespiffingbrit yes I love these videos.

    • @randomstuff-qu7sh
      @randomstuff-qu7sh 2 года назад +9

      I forget the title of the book, but it was a non-fiction account of how a group managed to win at one of the video poker style games at multiple Vegas casinos by obtaining a scrapped (but still functional) machine, discovering a pattern to the randomization, and using that pattern to essentially predict when machines of that same type were going to pay out. They eventually got caught and blacklisted from the casinos, but only because they got too greedy.

    • @MM-Egz
      @MM-Egz 2 года назад +2

      I get InternetHistoriana vibe from this, and i love it

  • @tomisabum
    @tomisabum 2 года назад +1668

    Spiff, your ability to dance around the threshold of outright fraud never ceases to amaze. This is actually a pretty good public service video, tbh.

  • @Darkrye324
    @Darkrye324 2 года назад +2

    Honestly this might be your best video spiff. Bravo!

  • @Saichen
    @Saichen 2 года назад +3

    Just Dream Harder should be the tagline of every MLM as well, lol.

  • @talkerteo6628
    @talkerteo6628 2 года назад +2247

    I despise the lottery so I approve of this video.

    • @thespiffingbrit
      @thespiffingbrit  2 года назад +503

      Thats the spirit

    • @h-Films
      @h-Films 2 года назад +2

      @@thespiffingbrit h

    • @lr514
      @lr514 2 года назад

      @@thespiffingbrit h

    • @Oblithian
      @Oblithian 2 года назад +9

      h!? There are more random letters now? What will we do when all keystrokes have new meanings?

    • @h-Films
      @h-Films 2 года назад +1

      @@Oblithian h

  • @21pm
    @21pm 2 года назад +16

    Spiff this is next level. Happy for non game related content!!!

  • @seanmccarthy577
    @seanmccarthy577 2 года назад +5

    The Spiffing Brit never disappoints. Great video.

  • @justarandompurplefox3243
    @justarandompurplefox3243 2 года назад +1039

    As someone who works in a convenience store that sells lotto tickets, I have a deep hatred for lottery and I’m glad someone is talking about how it’s all a scam

    • @3st3st77
      @3st3st77 2 года назад +71

      Lotteries not being profitable to gamblers is a typical highschool math task. So, ideally everyone who passed highschool should know that. If they won't listen to their teachers, they won't listen to Spiff.

    • @martynchannel2983
      @martynchannel2983 Год назад

      Well its massively unlikely for you to win as said in the video 130 odd million to 1 an theres more chance of me having a baby on the moon but i think its worth remembering that the lottery do alot of good with their money and help an awful lot of charities and community groups etc (infact they help every company, group or charity once only thats their rules) and for some people even though the odds are pathetic its just a dream that gives them hope for 1 day having a better life than one that they are deeply unhappy in at the moment. The lottery is big on responsible gambling and have limits of 500 a week which i know is still alot but considering in a bookies some people lose thousands in a day uno. An finally There entire motto is play small dream big, they are literally telling u to not spend alot and just dream big so they cant really be held responsible for those that wanna cheat the system an buy hundreds of tickets an fuck themselves over, The odds are clearly visible for all to see..

    • @carlad2640
      @carlad2640 Год назад +22

      Its not a scam. Do you think the couple that won 150 million last week think it's a scam? Playing it every week isn't a good idea though.

    • @a.w.1820
      @a.w.1820 Год назад +6

      @@carlad2640 1:10

    • @ximumn2738
      @ximumn2738 Год назад +30

      @@carlad2640 Do you think all the people who have gone into debt from gambling think it’s a scam?

  • @barbaros99
    @barbaros99 2 года назад +983

    Working in a convenience store kills stone dead any thought of lotteries as a way to get rich. Watching swarms of retirees coming in and blowing their government pension cheques on break-opens, scratch tickets, and VLTs is soul crushing. The worst was this one woman who would come in and sit at the VLTs for HOURS, sometimes not even leaving when it was time to close up shop. I could just hear her feeding in $20 after $20, and the damn loss music playing again and again. One night, she actually hit the $500 jackpot. To get her to try and take her winnings and go home, I paid her out in $50s (which the machines couldn't accept). She just looked at me and said, "Dear, you know those are useless to me."

    • @Jake-xe1wu
      @Jake-xe1wu 2 года назад +165

      We had those at a nearby store for about a year before the pandemic. Stopped going there because I couldn't stand to see all the zombies waste their lives and fortunes on those machines. Not a single one of them looked like they had hope or light in their eyes nor did most of them look like they could afford to lose a 20.
      That was the one benefit to the pandemic here. They had to remove them to keep people from playing them and didn't have room to spread them out.

    • @barbaros99
      @barbaros99 2 года назад +111

      @@Jake-xe1wu The NB provincial government banned VLTs from convenience stores not long after the story above. Only casinos and places licensed to serve alcohol (mainly bars and pubs) could keep them. It hurt the owners badly because, as Spiff alluded to in the video, lotto sales are the main income stream for most mom-and-pop convenience stores. I felt bad for them, but was happy to see the machines get carted out the door.

    • @oliverrahn7274
      @oliverrahn7274 2 года назад +55

      @@barbaros99 there’s a store owner in nb that said people would wear diapers while playing as not to waste time getting up before this rule was made

    • @barbaros99
      @barbaros99 2 года назад +22

      @@oliverrahn7274 100% believe it.

    • @TechyBen
      @TechyBen 2 года назад +37

      While true. I also saw colleagues buy in 100% into it from their "observations". They were either insane, wanted to dupe the store/lottery by stealing/conning, or stupid... extremely stupid. As while they watched the grannies bankrupt themselves buying £100s worth of tickets/scratch cards throughout the month, with an actual/perfect pay-out rate of 30% their spending (so 70% down), my colleagues would try and buy "more" scratch cards to "break even". :/

  • @donniesmidway
    @donniesmidway 2 года назад +5

    This would make a great movie. Man you're hilarious while also being intelligent. Just started watching your channel. And i noticed you play Rimworld and figured out some of the exploits for the AI! I watched a few yesterday and can't wait to try a few out myself.
    Thank you for being spiffy. May sausage fall down upon you endlessly

  • @anticlube
    @anticlube 2 года назад +54

    I now actually kind of want to see Spiff run for Prime Minister. Because as we know politics are perfectly balanced with no exploits.

    • @bannah6400
      @bannah6400 Год назад

      Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20
      Revelation has been unfolding since Jesus died. The Popes have claimed to be equal to God and set themselves in Jesus' place (antichrist(s)). Vatican City (Which is its own nation BTW) have risen up to fulfill the role of the false prophet
      Regarding the man of lawlessness or antichrist, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 says “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” The restrainer that the Apostle Paul was referring to in 2 Thessalonians was the Western Roman Emperor, who held back the Popes from taking power. Once the last Western Roman Emperor was removed from power in 476 AD, the Pope was given civil and ecclesiastic authority over Rome; healing the deadly head wound of the beast in Revelation 13, as they took the Emperors title of Pontifex Maximus, leader of the church and state.
      “We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Gregory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.)
      Pope Pius V blasphemed, “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.)
      Pope Leo XIII declared, “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” (Source: Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894)
      The antichrist sea beast of Revelation points to the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, who controlled the Roman beast for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD.
      Daniel 7:25 says “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” The Popes of Rome spoke against Elohim and proclaimed to be God. They reigned for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. during which they caused tens of millions of saints to be killed.
      The Pope’s title is Vicar of Christ, which in Latin is ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’, and equates numerically to the number 666

    • @the_da9l
      @the_da9l Год назад +1

      Niko Omilana came pretty close

    • @guts3154
      @guts3154 Год назад

      holy shit that would be amazing lmaoo

  • @tubey84
    @tubey84 2 года назад +865

    "EuroMillions jackpot of £109.9m won by UK ticket-holder."
    Congrats Spiff.

  • @tristanbuckner1170
    @tristanbuckner1170 2 года назад +999

    Just waiting for Spiff to drop his inevitable “reality is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits” where he noclips out of this dimension and becomes an unethical, tea-drinking deity.

    • @xavmanisdabestest
      @xavmanisdabestest 2 года назад +48

      I don't know if you meant unethical or ethereal but both work.

    • @tristanbuckner1170
      @tristanbuckner1170 2 года назад +15

      @@xavmanisdabestest oh I meant unethical. I mean, I know you’ve seen his city development videos?

    • @iconofthicc6086
      @iconofthicc6086 2 года назад +16

      @Quark L+ratio+didn’t ask+I hate the antichrist

    • @masterlinktm
      @masterlinktm 2 года назад +14

      @@iconofthicc6086 he is spam, i have seen at least 20 copy/pastes of him spamming

    • @tandemcharge5114
      @tandemcharge5114 2 года назад +5

      Be careful, it might lead into the Backrooms

  • @B1GBUD2007
    @B1GBUD2007 2 года назад +1

    Love the LOST numbers reference, absolutely spiffing!!

  • @BEFTEX_OFFICIAL
    @BEFTEX_OFFICIAL 2 года назад +4

    This type of content is amazing I dig it. Hope you can keep investing into these heavily researched exploits!

  • @clericofchaos1
    @clericofchaos1 2 года назад +483

    Every once in a while...Spiff releases a video that makes me think he's going to be arrested. So far, he's been fine. Let's just hope he doesn't stumble across some exploit that actually causes him to be arrested and/or assassinated so we can keep watching his wonderful videos.

    • @blahajenthusiast101
      @blahajenthusiast101 2 года назад +54

      I’m sure the court system is perfectly balanced and he will get away with it

    • @clericofchaos1
      @clericofchaos1 2 года назад +7

      @@blahajenthusiast101 Fair enough.

    • @aaronimp4966
      @aaronimp4966 2 года назад +12

      "Police are a perfectly balanced system with no exploits."

    • @Xenoun
      @Xenoun 2 года назад +3

      Next up: "The petrol engine is a perfectly balanced machine..."

    • @FirstNameLastName-il8ev
      @FirstNameLastName-il8ev 2 года назад

      He'll find an exploit in the system to get him out of arrest better than a lawyer

  • @PatRiot-
    @PatRiot- Год назад

    I’ve watched at least 10 of your videos and just realized #10 had a 5 seconds ad for a cup in it. Respect, Britt!

  • @nameisrubin191
    @nameisrubin191 2 года назад +2

    Love that LOST reference at 2:32 ! 🔥

  • @DamoJr73
    @DamoJr73 2 года назад +309

    I'm a maths teacher , and actually use this exact story when dealing with probability with senior classes.

    • @irrelevant_noob
      @irrelevant_noob 2 года назад +9

      Hope you also teach them how to get to the 246820 in 13983816 chance of getting 3 of the 6 numbers. :-B

    • @JimsyFlimsy
      @JimsyFlimsy Год назад

      I figured this out in 2nd grade lol

    • @graasroot1472
      @graasroot1472 Год назад +2

      @@JimsyFlimsy sure you did, not.

    • @WUTANG-CLAN
      @WUTANG-CLAN Год назад

      I like your profile pic, i never followed footy, but absolutely loved Tony Lockket!!!!

  • @coder0xff
    @coder0xff 2 года назад +750

    Always thought gambling was damn stupid, as early as when my parents took the family to Vegas. It was an educational experience, being a young teen watching grown ups throw their money away.

    • @devforfun5618
      @devforfun5618 2 года назад +42

      i experimented with poker in college, we played with cents just for fun, i would start with 1$ if i lost, i lost, if i won i would keep the 1$ , and kept playing until i lost all i got, which would happen more often than winning the table, it was addictive enough even without that chance of getting rich like people in vegas
      one time i got a royal straight and kept raising, because of course i would win, only for the other guy to have a better straight, that is when i stoped playing

    • @KaijuAKD
      @KaijuAKD 2 года назад +36

      Gamblers don't play for money, they play for that millisecond before the result is shown. That's why they play until they lose everything.

    • @MaksKCS
      @MaksKCS 2 года назад +6

      @@devforfun5618 a royal straight is the best straight you can have

    • @devforfun5618
      @devforfun5618 2 года назад +7

      @@MaksKCS but there are 4 suits, mine was hearts, his was spades and spades wins

    • @cannotfigureoutaname
      @cannotfigureoutaname 2 года назад +6

      @@devforfun5618 That's quite unlikely, maybe you were tricked by the one who shuffled the cards? A while ago I was messing around with my friends to the point I wasn't allowed to shuffle the cards anymore.

  • @FakuedGuela
    @FakuedGuela Год назад +10

    2:31 Love it! Thank you for showing these exact numbers 😊

  • @hanskneesun123
    @hanskneesun123 2 года назад +8

    Years ago I had three numbers inexplicably pop into my head whilst walking into town, once in town one of the first things I saw in a Woolworths window was a lottery stand, I'd not played the lottery for a while but in the all the times I had I'd been up on the transaction winning £80 on the very first UK draw and over a £100 the following week.. I decided it must mean something and bought 2 lines using the three numbers in each and made up the remaining three with random numbers, to my amazement the three numbers that I chose were the first to be called on lottery night (in the same order!), my £2 investment got me a £20 return.
    I'm a sceptic and put this down to a mixture of incredible coincidence, my subconscious being swayed by advertising but it still doesn't account for the fact that I never just randomly think of numbers, it baffles me to this day.

  • @echokon
    @echokon 2 года назад +237

    I'm very very happy Spiff talked about the idea of "The House Edge". It's very important to be aware of

    • @echokon
      @echokon 2 года назад +18

      @Quark Cool story broski, not sure what you're on about in regards to a gambling/lottery video. While I don't agree with all of your points, skepticism to make sure you're not being conned is important. Like how our protagonists, in this video, were skeptical of the idea of "you'll always lose against the lottery". They did the math to see in this very thin case, they could beat the odds.

    • @matt_9112
      @matt_9112 2 года назад +17

      @@echokon it's a bot, literally commented under every comment under this video, reported like 8 times (no time do all). Let's see how perfectly balanced RUclips's reporting system is, I guess.

    • @echokon
      @echokon 2 года назад +6

      @@matt_9112 Odds are that you're right

    • @nuggetbiscuit6988
      @nuggetbiscuit6988 2 года назад +1

      @Quark Just stick to your "cool femboy facts" Clearly you're just angry because even you don't truly understand yourself, lmfao

    • @serotonin.scavenger
      @serotonin.scavenger 2 года назад +6

      @Quark free will is a myth, religion is a joke. We are all controlled by something greater-MEMES! The DNA of the soul!

  • @crtwrght
    @crtwrght 2 года назад +90

    The fact that the lottery tickets only became moderately profitable after the returns were increased by a factor of 10 really sums up why I don't play the lottery.

    • @8vantor8
      @8vantor8 2 года назад +18

      @Quark you don't need to do this, I am also a Atheist and respect those who follow religion for their choices.
      If hope in a thing that doesn't exist lets someone be happy then let them believe, so long as they don't hurt any one its fine.

    • @sheeptasticSeb
      @sheeptasticSeb 2 года назад +6

      @Quark what does this have to do with the comment?

    • @TopLaHats
      @TopLaHats 2 года назад

      @Quark why are you spaming this comment, this is like, the 8th one I saw on this video alone.

    • @flyguy0765
      @flyguy0765 2 года назад

      @Quark You're right, religion is toxic and bad for the world. What matters is having a personal and intimate relationship with God who sent Jesus to love us and keep us safe through eternity

    • @mallardofmodernia8092
      @mallardofmodernia8092 2 года назад +1

      @@flyguy0765 ikr i love having consensual intercourse with the holy spirit. Psst hes a secret masochist if you want to know.

  • @fr0stie412
    @fr0stie412 Год назад

    2:32 The absolutely wonderful detail that you used the "lost" numbers just brings tears of joy to my eyes xd

  • @Easyflux
    @Easyflux Год назад

    I like these type of videos man, you should definitely do more of these!

  • @abstractassassin4919
    @abstractassassin4919 2 года назад +406

    Hey Spiff! Great video, reality is of course perfectly balanced.
    Edit: Jerry evidently drinks Yorkshire tea gold, a man after Spiff's heart evidently.

    • @SirGarthur
      @SirGarthur 2 года назад +2

      I love Yorkshire Gold

    • @abstractassassin4919
      @abstractassassin4919 2 года назад

      @@SirGarthur Good man.

    • @derptyderp5287
      @derptyderp5287 2 года назад +3

      @Quark No life after death? But loads of people have died... And we're all still alive... Aren't we?
      Oh noo.

    • @ryanallen2001
      @ryanallen2001 2 года назад

      @Quark k.

  • @noamhochhauser2516
    @noamhochhauser2516 2 года назад +50

    Stefan Mendel is a mathematician who won the lottery 14 times, by just filling all the options, and wining millions (couldn't find the exact amount of money he earned, but he made huge amounts of profits). Because of him in Australia there's a law against filling all the options. He reached a new level of exploiting

    • @nq3036
      @nq3036 11 месяцев назад +9

      The highest badge of honor, having a new rule made because of you.

    • @bonbonbonbons
      @bonbonbonbons 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@nq3036"See, because of me they have a warning." - Homer Simpson

  • @sparkiebarkie14
    @sparkiebarkie14 2 года назад

    Your such a good story teller! Goated content 👍

  • @awwman6138
    @awwman6138 2 года назад +1

    I like the Lost reference. Nice one, Spiff ;)

  • @d.dempsey8857
    @d.dempsey8857 2 года назад +462

    The timing on this video and someone actually winning the Jackpot of the Euromillions (UK ticket holder) is impeccable.
    Had me thinking Spliff actually found an exploit in the national UK lotto lol.

    • @jamieparker4010
      @jamieparker4010 2 года назад +6

      Part 2?

    • @I_Don_t_want_a_handle
      @I_Don_t_want_a_handle 2 года назад +22

      Somebody wins it every five or six weeks ... it could be you!

    • @ruby-sv5vp
      @ruby-sv5vp 2 года назад +13

      @@I_Don_t_want_a_handle this is horrible advice youre basically encouraging people to gamble

    • @I_Don_t_want_a_handle
      @I_Don_t_want_a_handle 2 года назад +45

      @@ruby-sv5vp You win today's 'Inability to spot the joke' cup ... that's the NL's slogan!

    • @kingrunnisfilms
      @kingrunnisfilms 2 года назад

      @@jamieparker4010u

  • @Retanaru
    @Retanaru 2 года назад +178

    The best part of the whole story is that despite regularly buying hundreds of thousands of tickets, Jerry still never won the jackpot.

    • @williaml840
      @williaml840 2 года назад +27

      One thing to remember is that his numbers were computer generated so he undoubtedly had a large amount of identical tickets which would reduce his chances of a jackpot - and the average number of tickets needed to get a jackpot is still way higher than the amount he ever bought.

    • @TechyBen
      @TechyBen 2 года назад +10

      @@williaml840 Also, buying every ticket guarantees you winning the lottery, it also guarantees you get paid less than you won, if your purchase is massively larger than others playing. As the house always skims it's profit/costs/taxes off the top, you have to balance your investment vs everyone else playing (including the house!).

    • @wyrdean_9649
      @wyrdean_9649 2 года назад

      Neat, that makes at least two PZ players who watch the brit

    • @dannydaw59
      @dannydaw59 2 года назад +2

      @@TechyBen That's right I didn't think about the taxes. Jerry might be getting back a 20% profit but taxes on the winnings are more than 20%.

    • @TechyBen
      @TechyBen 2 года назад +6

      @@dannydaw59 I think that's why they do a LLC or similar. Set it in an investment fund, pay less taxes, then "draw down" a wage or investment payout at lower tax rates over time.

  • @whatisahandle_69
    @whatisahandle_69 2 года назад +4

    Please keep up the internet historian style vids, I love your story telling

  • @robshnob123
    @robshnob123 2 года назад +1

    2:34 loving the Lost numbers recognized them instantly! Those will never leave my head :D

  • @PuppyLuvU2
    @PuppyLuvU2 2 года назад +380

    Spiff: I lost 40 pounds!
    American viewers: Good job staying healthy! :)

    • @Peterpiperspickledpeppers
      @Peterpiperspickledpeppers 2 года назад +2

      Ah typical American joke, go do something else for once

    • @jb_types_stuff
      @jb_types_stuff 2 года назад +10

      @@Peterpiperspickledpeppers go touch grass

    • @liamveezee
      @liamveezee 2 года назад +14

      @@Peterpiperspickledpeppers Go get a sense of humour

    • @hypnopump
      @hypnopump 2 года назад +2

      @@jb_types_stuff Grow up

    • @Peterpiperspickledpeppers
      @Peterpiperspickledpeppers 2 года назад +1

      @@liamveezee wouldn't call that a sense of humor, most overused joke in the world.

  • @DaBeast34
    @DaBeast34 2 года назад +61

    At this point, Spiffing Brit has advanced so far that his next exploit is going to be exploiting gravity

    • @Th3BlackLotus
      @Th3BlackLotus 2 года назад

      Jumping?

    • @acctsys
      @acctsys 2 года назад +1

      That's plumbing, sewage, hydroelectric dams, irrigation IRL.

    • @ltntwafflz9043
      @ltntwafflz9043 2 года назад +2

      I mean, physics is kinda all about getting around gravity and using it to your advantage. Not gravity specifically but forces in general. Sorry to say, but there's kind of an entire field of science dedicated to this.

    • @MJCaboose5akaKirby
      @MJCaboose5akaKirby 2 года назад

      So, dams?

  • @superjackzy
    @superjackzy 10 месяцев назад +1

    That was a really fun and interesting video! I liked how You were talking about the story of exploiting the lottery, You should do more videos like this.

  • @rileysenn5644
    @rileysenn5644 Год назад

    Omg! I love the extremely obscure reference to lost in the lottery numbers!!

  • @spring5385
    @spring5385 2 года назад +41

    I feel like we're only a month away from Prime Minister Spiff publishing "Democracy is a Perfectly Balanced Form of Government"

  • @MiningNatureYT
    @MiningNatureYT 2 года назад +116

    I love how at this point Spiff could probably just ditch RUclips and just be a millionaire from exploiting everything if he really wanted to

  • @keenansisson211
    @keenansisson211 11 месяцев назад

    You’re one of the only Brit’s I like, and I love you.

  • @benjames9202
    @benjames9202 2 года назад +2

    story time with spiff is the hangover cure idk I needed

  • @isaiahcampbell488
    @isaiahcampbell488 2 года назад +173

    The funny thing is that "Luck of the Irish" is actually extremely good luck. Lol
    Also, the people who made the money during the American gold rush weren't the miners, it was the guy selling them shovels.

    • @lucapasa4519
      @lucapasa4519 2 года назад +36

      @Quark cope + seethe

    • @pedrolmlkzk
      @pedrolmlkzk 2 года назад +7

      During Brazil's own gold rush most banner become owners of massive mines as collateral from the loans they gave the pioneers

    • @goldenfox334
      @goldenfox334 2 года назад +19

      @Quark you sound like some edgy 13yr old. That kind of thinking is a double edged sword. Once atheism is enforced then what's to stop them from say imprisoning all (insert what ever race here) or hell maybe they flip that law and force everyone to be religious or be threatened with death. That's the issue with that thinking and logic because this kindof of bullshit goes on in the real world and never ends well. Hell look at the Nazis if you need a example. It started off as a great idea for Germany to get their country back in shape and it really did drastically help them but once you start enforcing beliefs with lethal force or emprisonment that all starts to turn sour. While im not a religious person by any means i do see the drastic help the churches offer the community's 9 times out of 10 compared to atheist who stick their nose up in the air. It's honestly funny

    • @profpuffofficial2
      @profpuffofficial2 2 года назад

      OK Wumao

    • @darkshadowrule2952
      @darkshadowrule2952 2 года назад +13

      @@goldenfox334 I think it's just a copy pasta, hes been replying it under like every comment, it's annoying as hell

  • @VetinariClone
    @VetinariClone 2 года назад +49

    I think is is your best video. Period. I’ve been watching you for years and typically prefer your game exploit videos, but this one was genuinely brilliant. Excellent work, thanks for making it.

  • @kylergeston
    @kylergeston Год назад +3

    *Thank you for the great video!* I just saw the movie 'Jerry and Marge Go Large' (which was great by the way) and watching this just video completes the unanswered questions I had. Got to give Jerry credit for finding a loophole and capitalizing on it. Best part was that it was all legal... not like some people that are scammers and crooks stealing peoples hard earned money. I only wish I could find a loophole... maybe next lifetime.

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 2 года назад +32

    Here’s the thing, random chance is not a factor in most casino games. They are programmed to lay specific payback scheduled. Usually it’s somewhere in the tune of 95% for slots and 70-75% for table games. The shuffler shooting out those cards can put them in any order it likes. Please keep that in mind.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns Год назад +13

      It depends. The electronic games like slot machines are quite literally allowed to cheat. The casino leave nothing to chance there.
      As for card games like blackjack, they are slightly in favour of the house, unless you keep track of the cards. And while card counting is not illegal, and I believe they _are_ required to pay you any winnings even if "caught", they are allowed to ban you for the future. Which is how they turn a game of skill to a game of chance, and keep their winnings.
      Other games like Roulette are completely "fair" in that there is no cheating allowed. The house edge is the green 0 (and for American casinos the green double 0). There once was a group of people that studies the roulette tables at a casino for days and found statistically significant anomalies, and they manage to win a lot of money. After this, the roulette wheels are rotated regularly, so neither a player, not the house, can figure out how the wheel is unbalance (because it will still be slightly off balance).

    • @Migustinder
      @Migustinder 10 месяцев назад

      I don't know what casino you go to but I have never heard any table game having lower than 90% rtp. Where I live the black jack has an rtp of 99.xx% usually the slot machines have a lower rtp than table games.

    • @krayze144
      @krayze144 10 месяцев назад

      How would the shuffling machine know which hand it is giving to the dealer? if you open/close boxes just as the hand is about to dealt the outcome of the hand will change. It would require the machine to have a camera that can recognize how many boxes are in play. I used to work as a dealer btw and have wondered myself if the shuffling machines could be used to fix the game as they are unquestionably a lot more profitable for the casino than hand dealt game, but i just don't see how it could be done. The thing with the machines is that the pictures and aces are constantly going back in thus giving higher chance for the dealer to have a blackjack or for the punter to get a picture when taking a card on 12-16 and you can't count the cards either obviously, there's no good shoes or bad shoes as when you're playing a hand dealt game. Don't play side bets should go without saying, they are there to increase the house edge.

    • @krayze144
      @krayze144 10 месяцев назад

      forgot to mention there is a wheel inside the machine with compartments that it slots the cards into then it spins round and deposits them seemingly randomly into front of the machine for the dealer to pull but the thing is it deposits about 10-15 cards together at a time and the order of those cards can't be changed. You could open up the machine and take out the wheel with the rest of the cards in and there is still those 10-15 cards there ready to be pulled, it can't change which card comes out. An experienced dealer can pull multiple cards per second, the mechanism of the machine can't deposit the cards that fast. But please don't go to a casino with any expectations of winning money, you will end up in a hole you'll never get out of.

  • @yusufoguncmert9257
    @yusufoguncmert9257 2 года назад +128

    " I wanted to be at the side of the law because if I become a lawless person there would be no one to stop me, yet here I am, a youtuber who exploits everything when I am bored. "
    -The Spiffing Britt

    • @Saturnit3
      @Saturnit3 2 года назад +1

      @Quark what

    • @the_redpyro4906
      @the_redpyro4906 2 года назад +5

      @@Saturnit3 I think it might be bot. Same message plastered everywhere throughout the comments.

    • @Saturnit3
      @Saturnit3 2 года назад

      @rainbowpowered97 what can us, little people living under unquenchable greed of nations and companies do in these times? Yes, defending a peaceful narrative such as "live and let live" is aggreable but in the grand scope of things, USA and Europe profit from bloodshed of other countries and are ultimately against progression of the little countries, they are much more content keeping them down. And we can't change that. World is a huge cesspit of lies and deceit.

    • @yusufoguncmert9257
      @yusufoguncmert9257 Год назад

      @@the_redpyro4906 ​ bad internet connection doesn't make me a bot man you really broke my heart with that one

  • @2buxaslice
    @2buxaslice 2 года назад +45

    This isn't even the only time something like this has happened. There are stories from many different countries about lotteries that were beaten. I'd love to see you do more videos like this covering those other lottery exploiters as well!

    • @AmiiboDoctor
      @AmiiboDoctor 2 года назад +7

      @Quark touch grass

    • @masterlinktm
      @masterlinktm 2 года назад +4

      @@AmiiboDoctor he is spamming it just report him as spam

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp 2 года назад

      @Quark youre out of line but not wrong

  • @moo7876
    @moo7876 2 года назад

    I guess your new idea does work about a week or two ago you randomly came up on my feed lol, love the vids tho big up Britain

  • @monkehgamingofficial
    @monkehgamingofficial 2 года назад

    Your title is definitely NOT clickbait, and is perfectly balanced with no social exploits

  • @thjacobi2
    @thjacobi2 2 года назад +24

    Some heroes are born, some are made, but only one is Spiffing

  • @TechyBen
    @TechyBen 2 года назад +92

    Spiff: "Jerry was being perfectly morally neutral"
    Jerry: "When neutrally evil slips by, because as it should be, it's impossible to detect!"

  • @WowGuy7875
    @WowGuy7875 2 года назад

    WAIT I just saw a ad about a movie on paramount plus called Jerry and Marge Go Large and thought it reminded me of one of you videos, so I checked your videos and sure enough I found this! Definitely going to watch that movie in the near future lmao

  • @doceggfan
    @doceggfan Год назад +4

    There was a lottery game a few years back in Australia that was based on picking the first 4 numbers in a draw in the correct order (Lotto Strike). Once the jackpot exceeded about $5 million, it was possible to buy every single combination of four numbers for a price that was less than the jackpot, which would guarantee a win. There was a syndicate that exploited this for a while before the Lottery changed the rules to cap the jackpot at $2 million

  • @vladstar2943
    @vladstar2943 2 года назад +85

    Really interesting and entertaining video, you really should make a lot more of those!
    It's super fun watching people abusing the system IRL

  • @Groovewonder2
    @Groovewonder2 2 года назад +32

    I like this historical game-breaking content. It's like a mini-doc is Spiff style.

  • @christianwoodland6297
    @christianwoodland6297 2 года назад

    I loved this educational video! You rock! 😎👍💯

  • @sinistersurfer9249
    @sinistersurfer9249 Год назад

    This was incredibly fascinating. Cheers from California

  • @idolhellisaplaceonearth
    @idolhellisaplaceonearth 2 года назад +15

    I had actually heard this story on my local radio several years ago, but Spiff's video is definately more in depth

  • @Grautfyrsten
    @Grautfyrsten 2 года назад +93

    Ah yes, the good ol "real life is perfectly balanced with no exploits"

  • @ohn9ne
    @ohn9ne Год назад +1

    Sir, it's a bit dangerous to buy that many lottery tickets.
    Brian Cranston: I am the danger.

  • @tobyhughes7938
    @tobyhughes7938 2 года назад +1

    Loving the lost reference with the lottery numbers!! But I’m so disappointed to see no one else got it :(

  • @ryanlash3935
    @ryanlash3935 2 года назад +7

    Great Lost Reference. I just rewatched the series, so good.

  • @gingahbeef2604
    @gingahbeef2604 2 года назад +13

    I like your little journalism foray here (even if it is just reporting a story that's already been reported). You (or your unpaid interns... it was the interns, wasn't it?) did a fantastic job of laying out all the aspects of this as best you could, and you even spent some of your own money to get into the mood for the story! I do so enjoy your video game exploit videos (you seem to genuinely have much more fun with those) but these types of videos are also very entertaining and quite informative. As always, keep up the fantastic work! Can't wait for the next one!

  • @stupidoldgamer
    @stupidoldgamer 2 года назад +4

    I won the UK lottery a long time ago by getting a list of all the winning numbers and getting the average of the most popular numbers then putting 5 tickets down. Won a tenner!
    That was the first and last time I played the UK lottery.

  • @oliversmith2
    @oliversmith2 2 года назад

    He dreamt big and played small, can't believe how much he won... Good video. Subscribed.

  • @kilpatds
    @kilpatds 2 года назад +37

    In the US at least, the lotto typically attempts to have a house edge at around 50%. Not small at all, by design. If you as a non-government actor create a casino, you have to have a small house edge. If you're the government running a lotto to fund schools, the house edge is expected to be quite high.

  • @MqueenHaffarGuzz
    @MqueenHaffarGuzz 2 года назад +21

    wow i wish i could be like jerry that legend deserves a medal

    • @pickledrat4232
      @pickledrat4232 2 года назад +1

      HELLO my fellow smoking chicken fish man. its good to another brother out here being perfectly balenced.

  • @mastergx1
    @mastergx1 2 года назад +10

    Love it. Just using some common sense and some simple probability calculations made a few smart people a fortune. Can't fault it. Good for them.

  • @uglybadstupid
    @uglybadstupid 2 года назад

    i had to pause this video and go out and get a lottery ticket, thanks spiffing brit, you did this to me.

  • @AllTheOthers
    @AllTheOthers 2 года назад +144

    This video was amazing. A history lesson instead of a gaming video. I greatly appreciate this. I'd like if you did more of this style of video.

  • @Ankibank2000
    @Ankibank2000 2 года назад +12

    Spiff: "i don't believe in luck"
    Spiff literally 4 seconds later: "Now luckily..."

  • @mojosulo
    @mojosulo Год назад +1

    As someone who is re-watching Lost after many years... I appreciate you

  • @LUCKYLU1S
    @LUCKYLU1S 2 года назад

    Damn this was super interesting. Loved this

  • @DUBUND3AD
    @DUBUND3AD 2 года назад +8

    Loved the IRL content man, your stuff is always very entertaining!

  • @hindumuninc
    @hindumuninc 2 года назад +35

    Could you imagine how funny this video would have been if Spiff had actually won like 30 million euros out of nowhere? "I'm going to keep doing this because it is fun, but I will begin paying my interns... hahaha, just kidding."

  • @vambranzukizumofu223
    @vambranzukizumofu223 2 года назад

    This was actually so wholesome its kinda... too kind :P lol this was so good :) morally and entertainingly :P

  • @jonlangthorne7924
    @jonlangthorne7924 2 года назад +3

    Absolutely incredible, love this kind of video from Spiff!

  • @AsahiStuff
    @AsahiStuff 2 года назад +13

    I spent about an hour and a half reading about binomial probability, and probability theory after watching this video, I loved these in high school, thanks! :D

  • @OdinsonEntertainment
    @OdinsonEntertainment Год назад

    Your definitely the funniest RUclips channel I've ever watched, 🤣!

  • @averybertram9832
    @averybertram9832 Год назад

    I like the lost reference, pretty confident to use those cursed numbers in a for profit video.

  • @lorenabell4713
    @lorenabell4713 2 года назад +3

    Seriously got some of the best content on RUclips Spiff

  • @systemspecchecker
    @systemspecchecker 2 года назад +27

    I've been waiting for this for so long. Spiffing brit is finally going to break the system.

  • @packmule_
    @packmule_ 2 года назад

    Michigan Proud! Heard about this growing up in the yoop. They even made a movie I think

  • @marcjoelkoenig
    @marcjoelkoenig 2 года назад

    I watch comedy without finching but the exployd britt exploids the matrix to make me laugh... gg

  • @danmerillat
    @danmerillat 2 года назад +156

    There's been a few times where people looked at how lottery numbers were drawn and realized they weren't entirely random, and it was perfectly balanced so that buying tickets with "good" numbers had expected returns over 1.0

    • @WalnutZen
      @WalnutZen Год назад +5

      Source?

    • @thefloormat3297
      @thefloormat3297 Год назад

      @@WalnutZen was Ted talk on the history of a mathematician using the lottery to make money guaranteed before it was patched

    • @kabbada1219
      @kabbada1219 Год назад +36

      @@WalnutZen it came to me in a dream

    • @renem.5852
      @renem.5852 Год назад +10

      Big doubt.
      6 out of 49 numbers have about 14 million combinations. Even if you look at the numbers solely you look at less than 1/8 of the possible numbers per lottery drawing.
      You don't roll a die 60 times and claim "OMG SOME NUMBERS HAVE A PROBABILITY >1/6!!!". No.
      It's just "i need to roll more often"
      But ppl love some big claims without sources.

    • @SharienGaming
      @SharienGaming Год назад +8

      @@renem.5852 not saying that the claim is true, but its absolutely possible - generally when the people setting up the lottery messed up in some way (like the cases in the video) by adding features to entice players into the game or to make it more interesting...without actually doing the math on whether it breaks the house edge
      but those tend to go out of business pretty fast as people discover the cases in which they are EV positive, so you can expect anything still operating to be EV negative

  • @eridanus6206
    @eridanus6206 2 года назад +13

    i like how spiff is getting closer and closer to just comitting straight up crime

    • @terrorhuhn9192
      @terrorhuhn9192 2 года назад +1

      spiff 2030: how to get away with murder (and the police is helping)

  • @mritryhard6226
    @mritryhard6226 9 месяцев назад

    I love the number used for the example lottery numbers. great lost reference.

  • @enwyz
    @enwyz 2 года назад

    Dude i just love your videos

  • @ChinchillaBONK
    @ChinchillaBONK 2 года назад +18

    I remember subbing to this legend on my main account WAAAAYYY back when he had like 300-400k subs. I just realised this bloody blooming absolutely mental chad has almost 10 times the subs now. Never change my brother.

  • @swivvy3037
    @swivvy3037 2 года назад +8

    Love the real world videos! Thought you just did videos like "hey I found a glitch... Lol...." But this was amazing
    I laughed so hard at the edit of Jerry popping back up with his own company