Chambers wrote:
> It might have something to do with the fact that I told the whole class 
> that the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.

Not really, because it's not just math involved. There's also a utility 
function that changes based on the amount of money you're betting.

Would you bet $1 once to have a 10% chance of winning $1000?

Would you bet $100,000 once to have a 10% chance of winning $100,000,000?

There's more than math to it.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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