To highlight challenges in other countries, Giving What We Can imagined a birth…
lottery
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Imagining a global lottery where you are born with less
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Impossible or improbable lottery results
There was a government-run lottery in the Philippines with a $4 million jackpot,…
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Odds of winning the big Mega Millions prize
With tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot estimated at $1.28 billion, you might be wondering…
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Lottery hacking, winning millions
I think it’s every statistician’s fantasy to crack open a lottery’s flaw using the numbers. No? Just me? Okay, whatever.
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Looking for improbably frequent lottery winners
After hearing the story of reporter Lawrence Mower, who discovered fraudsters after a…
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Nerdy Powerball FAQ
The Powerball FAQ was most likely written by a slightly annoyed statistician. You’d…
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Try to win the lottery
The Powerball Lottery is big news in the United States right now. The…
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Statistics PhD wins lottery four times
Joan R. Ginther has won the lottery four times, each time with million…
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Statistician cracks the scratch lottery code
Statisticians everywhere are squealing in delight over this story on fellow statistician Mohan…





Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics (2nd Edition)
