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Muninn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
The way I see it, is that by never trying, I have statistically about the same chances of winning as someone playing.
pyrflie@lemm.ee 6 months ago
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Except their chances are infinitely higher than yours. It’s miniscule, but miniscule and finite is infinitely bigger than zero. Math gets funky around the edge cases
gimsy@feddit.it 6 months ago
Not really, the chances to find a winning ticket of a lottery walking on the street is almost comparable
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I don’t think you can claim the win if you can’t show you’ve bought the ticket
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
The chances of finding a winning ticket on the street are many orders of magnitude lower. How often do you find unredeemed lottery tickets walking on the street? I never have, the most I’ve seen are losing scratch-offs.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
The difference is still comparable.
That is how low you stand a chance of winning.
Want to see it in numbers? Last year people in the US spend 105 billion on lottery tickets. Meaning, you have 1 chance in 403 846 153 to win. If you played every week, it would take you 7 766 272 year to win. And even that isn’t certain.
In math: 1 = 0,9999999999