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> Consider now that you are one of the two players This assumes that when you decide to buy a lottery ticket, you get to prevent someone else from buying one.
by pessimizer 2y ago
> Consider now that you are one of the two players
This assumes that when you decide to buy a lottery ticket, you get to prevent someone else from buying one. If you decide to buy a lottery ticket, now there are three players.
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- kgwgk 2y agoNot sure what’s your point bur the original claim was about a constant (or constant-enough) number of players. > I'm also assuming your individual ticket contribution doesn't materially affect either the prize pool or the number of people playing. For a large N, small p, this holds true.