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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: yagtash Subject: RE: Little Probability Question Body: i might be totally wrong about this, but it seems like the fundamental mistake here is that if only one person bought a ticket for one dollar, the jackpot wouldnt be 640 000 000 dollars, it would be 1 dollar (minus the lottery's profit margin). the lottery will ALWAYS make money, so when the jackpot gets that big, that only means that more than 640 000 000 dollars in tickets have been sold. again i could be totally off base, but that is the only way the lottery could continue to operate, always having a positive expected outcome, meaning that the players each have a negative expected outcome every time. Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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