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Re: OT: Probability question - 3 doors
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Noel Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Noel Demos <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:49:35 -0500
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Jeanne Pitts wrote:
>
> Since this subject doesn't seem to want to go away, I thought I'd play.  If
> someone elimintated all but 2 tickets from the Lotto (the one I held & one
> other).  I would definitely switch.  I've played the Lotto and I know how
> lucky I am just to occassionally get 3 numbers so I really think switching
> would give you the better odds of winning.
>

Why?  The odds in each case are 50 - 50.  You are not BETTERING your
odds
by switching.

Nick D.

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