Articles tagged with "amount"

Strange lottery "tactic" - buying multiple tickets with the same numbers

19 February 2017

A man from Nelson won $100,000 recently when his numbers came up in the lottery, and he'd purchased 12 tickets with the same numbers. Although this is touted as a lottery tactic, in the long run, on average, people using this method to play the lottery will win less than others, as any wins they have will result in a lower payout per ticket.

E-Meter

1 February 1993

This is a summary of a talk given at the 1992 Skeptics conference by_ Dr Eric Geiringer.