As a trained statistician with degrees from MIT and Stanford University, Srivastava was intrigued by the technical problem posed by the lottery ticket. In fact, it reminded him a lot of his day job, ...

Dakota is a goofy goober, who often spends too much of his time at home in his room staring at bright lights. When not gaming, working, or contemplating which superpower he wished he had, Dakota can ...

In North America, the lottery is a $70 billion-a-year industry, bigger than movies, music, and porn combined. But it’s not infallible. That’s what Mohan Srivastava, a geological statistician, found ...