[BNM] [OT] Lottery puzzle

[Ali]

Sorry but I am pretty sure buying 52 in one game is better than buying 1 in
52 games, for each game it doesn't matter how many other games you buy, you
have the same odds of winning.

To illustrate - if there were 52 permutations (I know not 14million) then
buying 52 in one game will guarantee a winning number - buying 1 in 52 games
certainly will not!

Ali

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From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
[mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Richard Grimwood
Sent: 24 September 2008 09:37
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Lottery puzzle


David Pashley wrote:
> It does no such thing. 

I was sure it it did but looking at it again it doesn't. It is just one 
of many pages of lottery stats stuff I was looking at and I can't find 
the one that had the maths that purported to do so. So sorry.

I was once very good at maths. I plead old age.




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