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[โ€“] Hugin@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That makes me think of the chinese guys that took cash from the bank they worked at to buy lottery tickets. The idea was to use the winnings to pay back the money and keep the rest.

They got lucky and it worked the first time. Then they decided to try again and lost.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Bank_of_China_robbery

[โ€“] pyre@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

gambling is a helluva drug