Thread: Lottery Odds
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Old 06-22-2004, 05:52 PM   #3
jaguar
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He's suffering from a well known logical fallacy, if I could remember the name I'd find the wikipedia page on it. Gambler's something.

In fact with lotto, buying a ticket does not statistically increase your chances of winning it's so minor.
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