On: Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code

[bobds]

> "I’d have to travel from store to store and spend 45 seconds cracking each card. I estimated that I could expect to make about $600 a day."

Or you could make an app for your smartphone that uses OCR to instantly tell you whether you are looking at a winning ticket.

[patrickk → bobds]

Your comment reminds me of the great article that was on here some time ago about the guy who used a PDA and barcode scanner to search book stores for cheap books he could sell on Amazon for a profit:

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1764895

A highly recommended read.

[ashbrahma → bobds]

Google Goggles can already solve Sudoku using OCR--http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/01/...

So what you are suggesting isn't that far fetched.

[datac → bobds]

App might last for few days in the App Store before it gets pulled out. Either way, it will be cool to create one.

[VMG → bobds]

or buy them directly in bulk

[bobds → VMG]

Wouldn't you want that app even more if you were buying them in bulk?