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Undergrad Probability of winning a scratch lottery ticket given that 95% have been sold
Wrong again The statement in the article was as follows: Do not purchase a scratch off ticket if the game has been going on for a substantial amount of time because there is a good chance the winning ticket has already been sold. Look at it this way: 1. 95% of tickets have been sold 2...- jrover112
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Undergrad Probability of winning a scratch lottery ticket given that 95% have been sold
Wrong I believe you all are answering the question using a false assumption that the winner is picked upon all tickets being sold. This is wrong due to the fact that it is not a raffle type lottery. The initial question stems from an article concerning scratch off tickets. Under the...- jrover112
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics