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03-02-2009, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jyeung528,Mar 2 2009, 04:41 PM
not even remotely true.
someone that excels at math can still play the lottery if they wish to - has nothing to do with understanding math.
watch the response if you try telling this to the people that have hit the jackpot. they will laugh at you.
although chances are slim, with more tickets sold than the odds of winning, someone is likely going to take the jackpot.
since you understand math so well, let's put it this way. if they printed 44M tickets, one of which is rewarded Millions of dollars, would you want one? answer should be yes. now the question is, how much would you pay for one? statistically speaking, if the reward is over 44M, closer to 80M, it would make sense to pay $1 for a ticket.
sometimes the reward is less than 44M, sometimes more, but $1 is the static price to play.
someone that excels at math can still play the lottery if they wish to - has nothing to do with understanding math.
watch the response if you try telling this to the people that have hit the jackpot. they will laugh at you.
although chances are slim, with more tickets sold than the odds of winning, someone is likely going to take the jackpot.
since you understand math so well, let's put it this way. if they printed 44M tickets, one of which is rewarded Millions of dollars, would you want one? answer should be yes. now the question is, how much would you pay for one? statistically speaking, if the reward is over 44M, closer to 80M, it would make sense to pay $1 for a ticket.
sometimes the reward is less than 44M, sometimes more, but $1 is the static price to play.
odds in picking the right 5 numbers plus an additional combo number are 1 in 175m. I never said I was good a math. I don't have a phd. I have many friends that do and they all agree. That being said, there have been math professors that have played and won.
The math
03-02-2009, 04:33 PM
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Here's the math as I see it:
Chances of winning: 2/3
Possible outcomes:
1) I win, in wich case everyone in our side pot wins, too.
2) Someone else on S2ki wins, in which case I win
3) none of us win
Chances of winning: 2/3
Possible outcomes:
1) I win, in wich case everyone in our side pot wins, too.
2) Someone else on S2ki wins, in which case I win
3) none of us win
03-02-2009, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Dave,Mar 2 2009, 05:33 PM
Here's the math as I see it:
Chances of winning: 2/3
Possible outcomes:
1) I win, in wich case everyone in our side pot wins, too.
2) Someone else on S2ki wins, in which case I win
3) none of us win
Chances of winning: 2/3
Possible outcomes:
1) I win, in wich case everyone in our side pot wins, too.
2) Someone else on S2ki wins, in which case I win
3) none of us win
03-02-2009, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Italia,Mar 2 2009, 05:35 PM
PS---after the drawing it would be cool if everyone posted up (honestly) how many matching numbers they got just to kinda see....
