Sad fact about the lottery
The chances of your dying on the trip to buy your MegaBucks ticket is greater than your chance of winning
Reference: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/0053251&from=rss
The chances of your dying on the trip to buy your MegaBucks ticket is greater than your chance of winning
In 1996, lotteries in North America awarded $52 million in prizes every day – that’s $36,000 every minute, 24 hours a day. This didn’t just suddenly happen. Lotteries have been around nearly as long as civilization has been around. People love lotteries.