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To: Heartlander
Your odds on the lottery are always the same.

Yep, slim and "none". Just pointing out the analysis for the poker v lottery question is flawed. The reason you expect to eventually draw a full house is that the odds are 3,744/2,598,960 or about 1.4 in 1000 per draw from a virgin random deck. It seems slightly better than the 1 in 14 million odds of his Candadian lottery. Oh and choosing the same lotto numbers for each draw gives the effect of a "non-moving" target and "rolling" the numbered balls.

1,206 posted on 03/21/2002 7:18:07 PM PST by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
A new country this "Candadian". Finger Fart!
1,207 posted on 03/21/2002 7:19:51 PM PST by AndrewC
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