> Wasn't the "expected return" (if, as happened, only one ticket had all the
> winning numbers) about $3 for each $1 spent?
i tried to buy all 40,000,000 tickets but they wouldnt let me.
-james 'good at math' creasy
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald R McKenna <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
> 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)
>
>
> ----------
> >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
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------------
> >You're three times more likely to wind up in court than in a hospital.
> >Shouldn't you be protected?
> >http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/szediker
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