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| Edit | Post #289079 |
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| Edit | Post #289079 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Intuitively, why doesn't picking unpopular integers ($> 31$) lower your probability of winning lotteries? Let $N \ge 32$ be the largest integer pickable by players. I feel that picking unpopular integers (like N) lowers your probability of winning lotteries, for 2 reasons. 1. Winning integers range randomly from 1 to N. But you're transmogrifying this game, by artificially narrowing yourself to $... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |