[BNM] [OT] Lottery puzzle

[David Pashley]

On Sep 22, 2008 at 17:36, James Cline praised the llamas by saying:
> If you bought all for the same draw
> 
> You would have a 52 in 14000000
> 

52/14,000,000


> If you bought each week you would have
> 
> 1 in 1400000 each time.
> 

52 * 1/14,000,000 or 52/14,000,000 


> Better to by all at once for same draw I recon. Or better not to buy at all
> in reality.
> 
They're the same. 

As pointed out, you'd probably have more money at the end of the year by
not playing.

> J
> 
> On 22/09/2008 17:22, "Alex Farran" <alex at alexfarran.com> wrote:
> 
> > If you had 52 pounds to spend on the lottery would you stand a greater
> > chance of winning if you bought 52 tickets at once or played every
> > week for a year?
> 
> 

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