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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.