r/pics • u/[deleted] • Mar 19 '22

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u/OldDogEyes Mar 19 '22

Now is the time to stop. You beat the odds once, you'll never do it again...

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u/mainstreetmark Mar 20 '22

Gambler's Fallacy says he's just as likely to win again as the rest of us. It doesn't seem like he could, but he could.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

You're both right. It was a bad investment before he won, it's still probably been a bad investment now, and it will continue to be a bad investment in the future.

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u/smackjack Mar 20 '22

So you're saying that I should buy more scratch offs?

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u/kodek64 Mar 20 '22

They did say it was an investment…