• Muninn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    The way I see it, is that by never trying, I have statistically about the same chances of winning as someone playing.

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      1 year 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

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        1 year ago

        Not really, the chances to find a winning ticket of a lottery walking on the street is almost comparable

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          1 year 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.