As I said, unless other people thought the same. Maybe another set of sequential numbers would do the trick.
It was worth it just to prove a point!
-----Original Message-----
From: John Whittington [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 14 April 2011 10:03
To: Alex Lea; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: statistical trivia
At 09:54 14/04/2011 +0100, Alex Lea wrote:
>My girlfriend and I once bought two lottery tickets - she picked her
>numbers out carefully, I put down 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, much to her shock.
>I pointed out that not only is there just as much chance of my numbers
>coming out as hers, there would be a higher chance that I might not have
>to share my jackpot with other people.
>Unless other people thought the same.
I think you may be wrong. I seem to recall an analysis quite a long time
ago indicating that (1,2,3,4,5,6) was a very popular choice - so your share
of the jackpot could have been pretty small!
Kind Regards,
John
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