Mr Mitchell should count himself lucky not to be greeted with an incomprehensible string of numbers - the pager-speak of American teenagers.

BBC: The pager rings off

If the competition is immense, say it encompasses a country of 300 Million or a global population of 7 Billion, then by the Law of Large numbers some cheaters will be lucky enough to get away with it every single time.

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