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Winning the Lottery

A Statistician's View: What Are Your Chances of Winning the Powerball Lottery?

Ronald L. Wasserstein | Posted 05.16.2013 | Science
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Ronald L. Wasserstein

Your chance of winning the lottery on a single ticket is one in 175 million. That seems tiny, and it is. In fact, it's so small that it is difficult for us to grasp. Understanding how small this number is provides the key to understanding how likely -- or unlikely -- it is you will become the next big winner of the Powerball jackpot.

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Virginia Man Wins Lottery For FOURTH Time

Posted 05.16.2013 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Just call Melvyn Wilson "Mr. Lucky." The retired postal worker and Woodbridge, Va., native just won the lottery for the fourth time. ...

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Woman Wins Lottery On Her Birthday

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.04.2013 | Business
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No need to blow out the candles, something tells us Jessica Wilson's birthday wish already came true. Wilson, a 27-year-old woman living in Bushne...

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Lottery Winner Inspires Charmin

AP | Posted 01.18.2013 | Business
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HAMILTON, Ohio -- Charmin is providing some toilet paper relief on behalf of one of Ohio's newest million-dollar lottery winners. Regina Jackson has ...

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How To Live Your Dreams ... Even If You Didn't Win The Lottery

Laura Berman Fortgang | Posted 02.04.2013 | Healthy Living
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Laura Berman Fortgang

As someone who listens to people for a living, I am often waiting to hear small truths in statements that could be written off as pipe dreams. In every big dream that is dependent on the lottery, there are little ones that need expressing right now.

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Brooklyn Teenager Wins $1000 A Week For Rest Of His Life

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 06.13.2012 | Teen
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Robert Salo, an incredibly lucky 18-year-old high school student from Brooklyn, New York, has won one thousand dollars a week for the rest of his life...

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Why You Don't Want To Win The Lottery

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.30.2012 | Home
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Strange but true: an extra-big lottery prize means you've got an extra-big chance of going bankrupt. That's the implication of a paper published in...

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How Would You Spend $500 Million?

Posted 03.29.2012 | Home
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You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than winning the half-billion Mega Millions jackpot on Friday. A much better chance, as ABC Ne...

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