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Which casino game has the best odds of winning?
by Answerbag Staff on February 28th, 2011
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How do I pick the best three numbers for the lottery?
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Why do people buy more lottery tickets when the prize is higher? Their chance of winning isn't any higher.
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Which is better:
1: Enter 50 drawings, each at 10 to 1.
2: Enter 25 drawings, each at 5 to 1.
Is there a difference? If so, what?
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I will most probably __________ before I win the Lottery?
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Publicity certainly prompts more people to buy tickets (that's why they design games to have big rollovers, e.g. MegaMillions). But nobody has less chance of winning when more tickets are sold - the odds are still exactly the same per entry.
by Lottery Guy on August 29th, 2010