Some people have beaten the lottery!
http://www.jordanellenberg.com/how-not-to-be-wrong/
A fun book to read.
On 04/12/15 14:29, John McKown wrote:
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Shane Ginnane <ibm-m...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 07:34:25 -0600, John McKown wrote:
too true. I may even start playing the state lottery, even though that's
not really a good idea. I understand enough statistics to know that.
Don't do that.
I was listening to the BBC overnight a few weeks back, and they must have
been amending their lottery to have more numbers so the ultimate prize was
bigger.
They had a maths/stats prof on - he said for the current lottery, if you
stood in line for six and a half minute waiting for a ticket you had more
chance of dying in that 6.5 minutes than winning the money.
They added more numbers, so the time delta went down accordingly.
Sobering .... ;0)
Yeah. I remember a stats teacher on the TV saying something like: If you
want to gamble, go to Los Vegas instead of playing any state lottery. You
have a better chance of winning, and you'll have more fun due to the
entertainment in the casinos' bar. Note from me: And the women in the
casinos are prettier than the ones around the lottery machines! But that
may be a terribly sexist remark which is emotionally damaging to the
<elided/> women at the lottery machine.
Shane ...
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