[BNM] [OT] Lottery puzzle

[Julian Blundell]

Got very board with this line, read this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2390032

Jules

2008/9/24 Ali <ali at nubz.com>

> 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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> Grimwood
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> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] Lottery puzzle
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>
> 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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