LAST EDITED ON Jun-04-11 AT 12:07PM (MST)[p]>>If 30,000 tickets are sold the
>>odds with buying 1 ticket
>>is 1 in 30,000. The
>>odds when you buy 200
>>tickets for $1,000 is 1
>>in 29,800. If someone will
>>drop $1,000 for tickets why
>>not spend $15,000 and buy
>>a tule in Santa Clara
>>county? Maybe because it's a
>>tax deductible donation?
>
>If there were 30,000 tickets purchased,
>the fool buying 200 tickets
>would be MUCH better off
>going to Vegas and putting
>his $1,000 on red 4
>times. With that said,
>the fools odd would be
>no where near as bad
>as 1 in 29,800.
>Your calculation is way off.
>
I took statistics 35 years ago but I am sure I am right on the odds. Please have a math teacher or engineer run the odds. The cal. lotto is 1 in 80,000,000. If you buy a second ticket your odds are 1 in 79,999,999, not 1 in 40 million. Thats ok, most people thought the new milennium started on 1/1/2000. California high school math is not known for excellence. I will also bet they sell way more then 30,000 tickets. Great fund raiser for the state.