Re: Math and the lottery

["Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>]

Howdy,

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Anthony Tabacco wrote:
> For the mathematically inclined, here is a small statistical truth: "Your
> odds of winning are statically the same whether you enter or not".

Further indicating that statistics lie. :-)

Its a good example of how "zero" and "very, very, very small" are two
distinctly different things though.

Mark

(who considers $104/year (two tickets a week in the PA lottery) to be a
reasonable price to be able to daydream about what I'd do with a few
million)