To: LibWhacker
The probability of winning the lottery is the same, whether you purchase any tickets or not.
5 posted on
01/06/2016 11:26:27 PM PST by
goldbux
(CDO / I may have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but at least I put the letters in correct sequence.)
To: goldbux
The probability of winning the lottery is the same, whether you purchase any tickets or not.
correction:
The probability of winning the lottery is statistically the same, whether you purchase any tickets or not.
You have a nonzero chance of winning if you buy a ticket but the non zero is far less than 1% it is more like 0.0000001%
You have a ZERO chance of winning by not buying a ticket.
Which means unless you have a time machine playing the lottery is essentially just throwing money away.
8 posted on
01/06/2016 11:31:53 PM PST by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: goldbux
The probability of winning the lottery is the same, whether you purchase any tickets or not.
The difference between 0 and any positive number, no matter how small, is substantial. After all, the probability that any one of us would ever exist at all is incredibly small, yet here we are. I put down $4 tonight on a couple of random powerball numbers, and will again Saturday if I remember - it's just for fun, and you never know...
To: goldbux
Hmmm...no.
With no ticket your probability of winning is zero.
With the purchase of a ticket your chances zoom to 1:350,000,000.
Woot! Woot!
27 posted on
01/07/2016 3:54:20 AM PST by
Adder
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