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Q&A Why does group play equalize a lottery's actual Expected Value to the effective Expected Value? [closed]

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Nen‭  ·  closed 3mo ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A Picking 20 different numbers, in the same draw $\;$ vs. $\;$ picking 10 different numbers, in 2 different draws.

1 answer  ·  posted 12mo ago by H7D‭  ·  last activity 12mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Intuitively, why doesn't picking unpopular integers ($> 31$) lower your probability of winning lotteries?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Ethen‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Derek Elkins‭

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Q&A How to decide whether to buy a lottery with a too negative EV, but passable $\Pr($you win jackpot at least once│n plays)? [closed]

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭

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Q&A Why do the Expected Values differ, for different wagers of the same lottery?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A How to compare lotteries, when one has highest probability of winning the jackpot, but another the highest Expected Value?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by tommi‭

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Q&A How to intuit that if you destroy someone else's lottery ticket, you didn't deprive her of a chance of winning the lottery?

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by DNB‭  ·  edited 1y ago by DNB‭

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Q&A How to intuit P(win the same lottery twice) $= p^{2}$ vs. P(win the same lottery twice | you won the lottery once) $= p$?

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭

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Q&A What's mathematically fallacious with Edvin Hiltner's Lotterycodex patterns, to maximize your chance of winning lotteries? [closed]

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  closed 1y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A How do I compare lotteries' chances of winning jackpot, when they differ in the maximum number of plays?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭

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Q&A Isn't Ontario 49 always worse than Daily Grand? [closed]

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  closed 1y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A At what jackpot minimum is playing Lottario rational?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Chgg Clou‭

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