"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> 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

OK, you care, and still buy a ticket, so obviously you don't care that much.
LOL

Cheri