The odds of winning the $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot are at 1 in 292.2 million. Those unfavorable odds are by design to help the lottery create billion-dollar jackpots. The next drawing is at 10:59 ...
Lottery players love rituals, but the data-minded crowd is increasingly skeptical that any day of the week truly tilts the ...
The continued existence of lotteries is a demonstration of how little intuition humans have for probability. On some level, we all know that the chances of actually winning a life-changing payout are ...