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Originally Posted by zakthor
I occasionally try to imagine the mindset needed to have fun gambling or to buy a lottery ticket. As far as I can tell the 'fun' requires me to believe that 'lady luck' is on my side.
Folks can't visualize what these probabilities mean. All numbers are equal. Pick all 1s, it is as likely as any other outcome. Do you think all 1s is less probably than some other specific sequence? Well... you probably shouldn't play then.
Nope, I'm not going to play because its stupid, and you shouldn't either.
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If I lived on a Indian reservation, my name would be
Black Cloud as that is how my luck runs. But, the "What If" fantasy is worth a few bucks, so why not. I'm still relatively young, but my Father passed at 68, so that is the bench mark. So enjoy life while you can and make the most of it.