But--- Didn't we have a real rareity in Lottery play last Saturday?
Wasn't the "expected return" (if, as happened, only one ticket had all the
winning numbers) about $3 for each $1 spent?
Don, (not that great at statistics)
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>From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
>To: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>, "James Creasy"
<black94pgt@pacbell.net>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: My divisional picks revisited
>Date: Mon, Jun 25, 2001, 9:29 PM
>
>Scot, that's a sign of intelligence. The lottery is a tax on people who are
>bad at math. . . which makes it ironic that some of the lottery money goes
>into the school system.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Scot Zediker
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 16:13
>To: James Creasy; ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: My divisional picks revisited
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Creasy" <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
>To: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:31 PM
>Subject: Re: My divisional picks revisited
>
>
>> > WRONG!!
>> > WRONG!!
>> > WRONG!!
>> > WRONG!!
>> > WRONG!!
>> > WRONG!!
>> ...
>>
>> so howd you do in the lottery?
>
>I didn't even play. Maybe it's just as well...
>
>Scot
>
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