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Scratchers probability puzzle
There's a broken lottery vending machine that sells only $1 scratchers. If you put in $1, it will randomly give you either one, three, or five scratchers with equal probability. You can't put in more than $1 at a time. Someone plays at the machine for a while and stops when they have exactly $10 worth of scratchers. What is the probability they put in only $4?
Aug 3, 2022, 4:07 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Mathematics Forum

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Are those statistics calculated on real tickets you bought, or they calculated on a theorical basis? It is the theoretical performance of my system. My cash in 2014 ROI was a + 5% of the total profit of the money invested (after paying the fees of 21% of profit) . Two years ago in Spain there were no gains taxes on lottery winnings , so it was much more profitable. Explain the concepts : Profit: Gross cash prize you win by hitting a draw. Benefit : Budget Amount after paying taxes on
Jan 7, 2015, 8:02 am - anubinareloaded - Mathematics Forum

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...There certainly is that off-chance that the draw results can be manipulated or adjusted to some degree in a true conspiracy fashion if the draws are not televised live in real time. Whether a half an hour of deadline time is enough time to accomplish that massive feat is debate-able. ...The ticket-vending deadline is probably required to make sure that all vending machines are offline and disabled before the draw, so that the vendors/public-at-large cannot purchase a winning ticket combo a
Apr 1, 2009, 10:52 am - LottoHackJack - Mathematics Forum

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Hi LottoHackJack It is rather funny that what you are suggesting in relation to my previous post! You said; The ticket-vending deadline is probably required to make sure that all vending machines are offline and disabled before the draw, so that the vendors/public-at-large cannot purchase a winning ticket combo after the draw has already occurred and been made official. ...and therefore all possible measures are considered to reassure that public cannot purchase unauthorised t
Apr 1, 2009, 4:57 pm - Moses - Mathematics Forum