On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 10:02:14 AM UTC-5, Cheri wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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...

Nobody? Really nobody? Zero people in the entire pool of Powerball
bettors? That's a sweeping generalization.

I care about the math and statistics, and I occasionally buy a ticket.
Your thesis is disproved, without malice.

I'm still hoping I win. Retire on Thursday? Oh, heck yes!

Cindy Hamilton