There is no cure for stupid, but you can find many of those afflicted sitting in the hospital or in jail because of their actions.  Here is a story about Michelle Ryans of Buncombe County, North Carolina who tried to alter a lottery ticket to show that she won $1 million dollars.  As you might imagine, she was arrested when she tried to collect her 'winnings'. 

Let's look at the thought process that her brain cell might have gone through to commit this act.  Here is this 39 year old who probably bought lottery tickets all her adult life hoping for the big score.  Once again, she failed to match three like amounts to win any money.  She is looking at this losing pile of tickets and thinking:

Hey, I can cut apart a few losing tickets and paste them together to make a winner.  I am going to go for a big prize, like the $1 million dollar jackpot.  I can't believe no one has thought of this before.  This is going to be so easy!

To her amazement, the lottery commission had anticipated such a ruse.  Perhaps she might have marveled at the pretty bar codes on the back of each and every lottery ticket.  Perhaps these may have served a purpose other than for decoration.  Perhaps they might be on to such a scheme in about a second.

On a completely different note, here is a link where you can buy fake scratch-off lottery tickets.  Each ticket is a 'winner' of $10,000 or $20,000.  Be careful who you might give these to; some people might not share your sense of humor.