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Yukishiro1 
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Subject: Hahahahaha speaking of dumb journalists
My local news station just did a "special" on "how to increase your chances of winning the lottery."

Number one on the list was this gem:

1. Buy more tickets.

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money_eyes

 

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Subject: Hahahahaha speaking of dumb journalists
Yukishiro1 posted:
My local news station just did a "special" on "how to increase your chances of winning the lottery."

Number one on the list was this gem:

1. Buy more tickets.

laugh

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2 in a million > 1 in a million grin

 

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Scarne posted:
2 in a million > 1 in a million grin



That's not how it works. Two 1 in a million tickets gives you two 1 in a million chances.


 

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its been a while since i've paid attention to math. What does that look like as one combined set of odds?

 

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Remnant_OBrien posted:
its been a while since i've paid attention to math. What does that look like as one combined set of odds?


You divide the number of tickets you bought by the total number of combinations of numbers.

 

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GrymmDAOC posted:
Scarne posted:
2 in a million > 1 in a million grin



That's not how it works. Two 1 in a million tickets gives you two 1 in a million chances.




Talking just about the grand prize for matching all the numbers, of course it is how it works (unless you bought the same numbers twice).

You might thinking of the case of buying one ticket each in two different weeks. grin

 

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I thought this thread was going to be about Olberman.

 

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WHAT ticket buyers are too STUPID to demand is a WINNER EVERY TIME!


Asshats!



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