Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!ka From: ka@spanky.UUCP Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: State lotteries Message-ID: <376@spanky.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 13:34:09 EDT Article-I.D.: spanky.376 Posted: Thu Jun 16 13:34:09 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 15:48:49 EDT Lines: 3 I expect you will find that if more than one person picks the right number, the prize will be split. This lowers the expected odds. Kenneth Almquist