Purposely scratching in 8-ball?

[Lottery Larry]

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I believe it's because they're casual players.

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most people who have even occasionally played pool at bars have been exposed to the real rules at some point, because even if only 10% of people regularly played with real rules, most everyone would have seen them somewhere at some point.

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And yet, here's an example of one who wasn't exposed to all of the standard "better" rules.... until now.