February 18th, 2020
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/r/Showerthoughts
Even though people have a fifty percent chance of winning the lottery (either win or lose), many people are scared to play.
February 18th, 2020
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gibrahni
Fun fact, you are more likely to get killed by your close family member than win a lottery, and if you win, chances of getting killed by a close family member grow exponentionally
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Shahadem
What if you are the killer?
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[deleted]
there are many more losing tickets/ chances than winners so the chance of winning is far from 50/50.
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reddit-and-read-it
You have calculated the possibilty not the probability.
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tsexton18
Just because a choice is binary does not make it fifty fifty.
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FishheadDeluXe
It's not 50% you ding dong.
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TheQuintelope
You clearly don't understand how probability works. In any bet you either make it or you don't. That has nothing to do with the probability of making it.
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JoeKermin
Check your math. Those are the possible outcomes not the chance of winning. It would be fifty fifty if the only numbers drawn were 1 or 0.
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abcriminal
I’m not “scared” to play, I understand the odds so refuse to waste the money.
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clickclocktock
Basically Op's entire post history is just dumb shit like this posted on this sub. Lame troll.
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ESyzygy
That’s....
That’s not how it works. I’m sorry to break it to you this way.
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EVBEV_woooooosh
if it was 50/50 people would just by 2 tickets and win
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-PygmyElephant-
Yes
QwakorYeBoi
No
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