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There's a fallacy in here somewhere. Let's say you pick a common sequence, and you win but have to share the winnings with several people. You say "Darn, I shou
by sgustard 6y ago
There's a fallacy in here somewhere. Let's say you pick a common sequence, and you win but have to share the winnings with several people. You say "Darn, I should have picked different numbers!" But then you would have won nothing.
- tempestn 6y agoBefore the draw every set of numbers has the same probability of coming up. Your expected win differs on the uniqueness of the numbers you choose though, so you might as well choose unique ones. Yes, of course you can say ex post that you should have picked the numbers that won, but that's not really useful.
- hnlmorg 6y agoYour comment implies you know which numbers are likely to be drawn, which you don't. When every number has an equal chance of being drawn and you don't know what is going to be drawn, it makes more sense to pick numbers that are less popular and thus you're less likely to share the winnings.