Берём 100 адресов(это в оригинале, я бы взял...

We take 100 addresses (this is in the original, I would take 1024) and send out the expected result of some game (football, hockey) or something else that people put money on. And half send one result, half another. The match is running. It turned out half I lied, half guessed. We take those whom we guessed. Divide in half, send letters with the result of the next match. And so we repeat several times. In the end. After 5-10 games, we have a naive uncle to whom some wizard has been sending absolutely accurate predictions to all the matches of his favorite team for several months. Those. money could be cut down would be a million, he would start to put from the very beginning. Then the man gets in touch, "guys, guys, need someone who will win the next there." And we tell him, “dude, you have 10 thousand for the correct answer, you see, we have a 100% reliable system, we determine by stars who will win, how much I live, I’ve never made a mistake. Therefore, they forbid me to play. And you can. So, share it. " Dude pays the loot. And interestingly, he, in the sense of me, has even a chance to guess ....

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