"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 10:28:26 PM UTC-5, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> I think I'll buy a few more chances this week since no one won.
>
> Mathematically speaking, the difference between buying 1 ticket
> and 5 tickets is not worth the extra $8.
>
> (Of course, mathematically speaking, the ROI on even one ticket is
> so close to zero that no statistician would consider it worth buying
> even one.)
>
> But if it makes you happy, go ahead and buy more. My husband does.
>
> We don't buy tickets very often; just often enough to give our
> "what I'd do with the money" fantasies a little more immediacy.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Nobody that buys a ticket cares about all the math and statistics, if you
play you have a chance at a dream, if you don't...

Cheri