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
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To: GraceG
Yes, you're correct. The probability of winning the lottery is essentially zero even if you purchase tens of thousands of tickets. But stating it with such precision drains the modest sarcasm from my original sentence.
10 posted on
01/06/2016 11:38:13 PM PST by
goldbux
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To: GraceG
For winning the jackpot prize it’s closer to 0.000000029
11 posted on
01/06/2016 11:39:10 PM PST by
TLOne
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