the story begins with bill benter, he bets 51,381 different times based on his algorithm.bets hits. he won the biggest jackpot anyone had ever heard of and never cashed it in. locks the ticket in a safe and walked away. carol: explain that, because of course you pick it up. nick: it was a delicate balance. he is not a greedy guy. venture was extracting money b -- benter was extracting money from the system slowly over the course of the season. if he had won this enormous jackpot -- no one in the public wanted to know an american algorithm had won. jason: doubly insulting. not only an american, but an american computer. nick: when someone wins the jackpot, someone puts them on t.v. here is a nightwatchman or convenience store worker who won $10 million. nobody wanted to find out that these foreign computer nerds were siphoning money out of the system. he puts that $100 million hong kong dollar winning ticket in a safe, never cashed it in. he knew an unclaimed prize went to charity. he just continued betting for the rest of the season, knowing he would make back more. jason:

the story begins with bill benter, he bets 51,381 different out thesed on his rhythm one of those hitsggest jackpot anyone had ever heard of and never cashed it in. put it in a safe and walked away. carol: explain that, because of course you pick it up. nick: he is not a greedy guy. venture was extracting money from the system slowly over the course of the season. if he had won this in or miss jackpot -- no one in the public wanted to know an american algorithm had won. doubly insulting. not only an american, but an american computer. nick: when someone wins the jackpot, someone puts them on tv. thaty wanted to find out these foreign computer nerds were siphoning money out of the system. $100 million hong kong dollar winning ticket in a safe, never cashed it in. he just continued betting for the rest of the season, knowing he would make back more. jason: how does he look back on this time with the benefit of a little space? what does he say now? nick: he is a contented guy. the story isys unlikely is he didn't get corrupted by all this money and fall into a life of drugs or women or wh