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Blackpool hoopla scam's 2,600 to 1 odds31 May 2010BLACKPOOL, England -- A hoopla stall in Blackpool had its equipment impounded because the odds of winning turned out to be a staggering 2600 to one, the BBC reported. Gamblers shelled out thousands without knowing this, the report said. A maths academic recreated the game and discovered it was virtually impossible to win, leading to the conviction of two men for breaching gambling laws. Hoopla involves throwing a ring at a peg, but the experiments verified the angle of the peg was cut such it proved impossible to land the hoop on it, the BBC report said. |