From: Jeff Shultz 

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:11:38 -0500, Mark wrote:

>
> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote: ...I'll get my
basement equipment
> too and buy a
>> lottery ticket after sending a message to myself in the past.
>
> That won't work either, the lottery is pari-mutual and with everyone
> sending themselves the winning numbers you'll be lucky to get your $1
> back. Even if you were the first to do it and got a million dollars, as
> others did it your bank account would evaporate as they changed the
> outcome in their futures, err, or their pasts I guess 

cf. "Bruce Almighty" - everyone wins the lottery.... and about $17 each.

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