[Spridgets] The Lottery - off topic

[Curt/Nancy Arndt]

Anyone who regularly plays the lottery failed math is school.

Cheers,

Curt

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Tim Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu> wrote:

> No April foolery stuff here, but scratch your head about this. . .
>
> The news media is making a big deal about the lottery winner who stepped
> out of line to get a candy bar and then someone stepped in liine ahead of
> him. The insinuation is that had the guy not cut in line, the candy bar guy
> would not have won. I believe this is a false concept mathematically because
> every play of the lottery is random. I believe that the media is leading
> people astray in the mathematical reasoning behind this situation. It does
> make for good stories about not cutting in line and being a good citizen,
> but I don't believe the math supports the media story.
>
> To me this is like stepping to the counter, a new deck of cards is opened,
> shuffled, and I get to pick a card. When the guy behind me has his turn, a
> new deck is opened, shuffled and a card given to him. There's no connection
> between my number and his. Or my place in line, or the day of the week or .
> . . anything. We just want to organize "random."
>
> My wife says I'm wrong. LOL What do you say?
>
>
> Tim Collins
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