Jasper Doglips wrote:
> Chet in Ceske Budevocije wrote:
>
>> Cheri wrote:
>> >
>> > "tert in seattle" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> 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...
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheri
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> if you don't, you can get a cookie!
>> >>
>> >> I will take the real cookie vs. a dream
>> >
>> > Not me, fact is, some people actually win that dream and could buy the
>> > whole damned bakery.
>> >
>> > Cheri
>>
>> who the heck wants a cookie factory??
>
>
> Jeez, tert...donchya know...THE COOKIE MONSTER natch...!!!

ah that makes sense

Cookie Monster definitely doesn't care about math or statistics