Originally Posted by Dirty Dane

lol, yes, but you know some superstitious people (gamblers) get ruined because of it. They have a "lucky" coin or something and if they succeed others start to believe. In the end someone will the lottery, but most will not. If the octopus was wrong from the beginning, it wouldn't get any attention, but maybe another "monkey" would

I read the total odds from the octopus guess was slightly over 400. Enough to win a nice amount, but FAR from what some others win every day.