Every time another massive jackpot hits the news, math professors compete to best illustrate how unlikely you are to strike a jackpot.
For most players, the lottery is a statistical disaster. Every time another massive jackpot hits the news, math professors compete to construct the most alarming metaphor to illustrate how unlikely you are to strike a jackpot. “I’m asked many times when Powerball or MegaMillions hit the billion-dollar mark about the odds,” said Tim Chartier , a Davidson College mathematics professor whose forthcoming book will have a section about lottery odds.
” MORE FROM ERIC DEXHEIMER: How someone stacked the odds in their favor to win a $95 million Texas Lottery jackpot That Hey-you-never-know attitude in the face of near-impossible odds has been hyped by state governments dependent on the no-pain revenue to shore up their budgets. “The largest Lotto Texas jackpot since May of 2010,” the Texas Lottery Commission gushed in a promotion ahead of last year’s $95 million April 22 draw. “A rare and very exciting opportunity for our players.
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