[Magdalen] Lottery tickets

[Jay Weigel]

I'm not arguing, I'm just saying it works for her. I don't play the lottery.

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hunch schmunch...The odds of a certain set of numbers being drawn on
> any particular day are the same as the odds of any other set of
> numbers being drawn. Infinitesimal! :)
>
> Even if a particular set of numbers has never been drawn and is "due."
> Same odds.
>
> I try to remember that. I generally buy a ticket only to get in on the
> fun of a major Powerball jackpot. I like to say, "Finally there's a
> jackpot worth the effort of buying a ticket."
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a friend in WV who routinely buys lottery tickets, but only,
> > she says, when she gets a "hunch". She wins several hundred dollars 3 or
> 4
> > times a year, often enough to keep her buying them. She says she has
> always
> > come out ahead because she follows that "hunch".
>
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> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>