POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Yes, that time : Re: Yes, that time Server Time
8 Sep 2024 19:17:48 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Yes, that time  
From: Sabrina Kilian
Date: 19 Jun 2008 21:25:46
Message: <485b071a$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Or any game, really, that's rigged so the house wins most of the time.
> 
> Same thing applies, tho. I win most of the time.  I lose bigger, but I 
> win most of the time.
> 
> Losing $1 just doesn't hurt as much as losing $1,000,000.  It's not all 
> the numbers in the game. It's also the numbers outside the game.
> 

Where is there a lottery that offers 1/100 odds for a 1,000,000 times 
return?

Now, would you play a lottery that cost $1 with 1/100 odds, that offered 
you a share of $10,000 divided between all the winners?


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.