In the annals of lottery history, few stories are as riveting as that of Stefan Mandel, a Romanian-Australian economist who ingeniously won the lottery 14 times. Mandel’s journey from a mathematician to a lottery legend is a testament to the power of mathematical ingenuity over chance. This narrative explores how Mandel cracked the code of lotteries, transforming them from games of luck into assured victories through a brilliant, yet simple, mathematical formula. The Genesis of a Lottery Revolution Mandel’s foray into the lottery world began in Romania, under a communist regime...