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The 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, colloquially known as the Triple Six Fix, was a successful plot to rig The Daily Number, a three-digit game of the Pennsylvania Lottery. All of the balls in the three machines, except those numbered 4 and 6, were weighted, meaning that the drawing was almost sure to be a combination of those digits.
In 1980, Nick Perry, TV host of the Pennsylvania Lottery, was at the centre of the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, a fraud that involved creating replicas of the official ping-pong balls used in the Pennsylvania Lottery machines. The specially weighted balls ensured that limited combinations of numbers were likely to be drawn.
Pages in category "1980 in Pennsylvania" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal; R. Death of Michael Rosenblum
History has shown us countless examples of lottery winners whose lives took a turn for the worse after hitting the jackpot.
Most people dream about winning the Mega Millions or Powerball; but they should be careful what they wish for. See these 23 people who blew their winnings.
Nick Perry (1916–2003), mastermind of the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.
This demand for the lottery has made it deathless in America, a vampire institution that hides and sleeps during certain ages but always comes back to life. In 1762, lawmakers in Pennsylvania noticed that poor people bought more tickets than rich people and argued that the lottery functioned as a sort of tax on the poor.
Anthony M. Grosso was born December 9, 1913. A native of Pittsburgh's Hill District, beginning in 1938, he was involved in running an illegal daily lottery in the area. [2] At its peak in the late 1960s, his business employed an estimated 5,000 people and grossed $30 million a year. [3] [4]