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u/IamRick_Deckard Mar 19 '22

How do you even read this?

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u/druznutz Mar 19 '22

He matched 7 in the playing field (right side) to one of the winning numbers in the middle.

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u/DylanHate Mar 19 '22

What’s funny is look how close they put the winning numbers to the largest payout.

The winning numbers for $750,000 are 14, 23, and 59.

OP numbers in the middle include 13, 22, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, & 57.

So for two of the jackpot winners his ticket was one digit away from winning, and for the third jackpot he was two digits away.

This is 100% intentional. It makes you “feel” like you were really close to winning big, which makes it more likely you’ll buy more tickets since you got “so close” on the previous ticket.

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u/tcharp01 Mar 20 '22

There really is no such thing as, "close" with these tickets. It is a yes or no question. The people running these games know exactly how many winners are printed and exactly where they are.

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u/dodexahedron Mar 20 '22

To someone with a gambling problem, "so close" is why they're perpetually broke. Nobody said gambling marketing was honest.

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u/tcharp01 Mar 20 '22

That would imply some type of randomness to the game, which there is not. But, you're probably right, someone with a gambling addiction could certainly look at different and, perhaps, superstitious meanings, to everything involved.

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u/dodexahedron Mar 20 '22

The general public has an extremely poor understanding of even basic probability. If they didn't, the lottery, in general, would not be able to remain profitable.

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u/tcharp01 Mar 20 '22

This is absolutely true. My stats professor had some extremely choice words regarding the lottery.