今天下午英国电信中心外面的员工还是对中奖人的身份三缄其口。

Staff outside the BT centre this afternoon remained tight-lipped about the identities of the winners.

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这些兑奖人拿别人中奖的彩票来兑奖——他们被支付一定比例的报酬——这样真正的赢家就可以避免税款。

These cashers turn in others' winning tickets-they are paid a small percentage-so the real winners can avoid taxes.

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作为交换条件，这些人可以参加一个抽奖，500人中有一个人可获得500美元（事实上，由于只有280人参与，中奖的可能性要大多了），结果再一次表明，姓氏首字母靠后的人反应速度更快，无论男女都是如此。

In exchange, they were told, they had a 1 in 500 chance of winning $500 in a drawing. (In fact, since only 280 people responded, the odds were much better.)

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