What the spokesman should have said is, "The odds of the same seven-digit
series cropping up twice are virtually incalculable by me."
Just my take on that humorous note. Hope all is well.
Sam
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Keith Briggs wrote:
> There are often requests on this list for examples of bad statistics in
> the media. The Guardian on Aug 20 (page 16) had a story about a man who
> won a French lottery twice with the same numbers. A lottery spokesman
> reportedly said "the odds of the same seven-digit series cropping up
> twice were "virtually incalculable"". Surely this is an admission of
> incompetence?
>
> For another example of how to fool people over the lottery, please see http://keithbriggs.info/lottery.html.
>
> Keith
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