Comments on: The suboptimal way to “win” http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2008/04/09/the-suboptimal-way-to-win/ random rantings Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:02:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eric http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2008/04/09/the-suboptimal-way-to-win/#comment-3992 Eric Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:26:27 +0000 http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/?p=656#comment-3992 If the lottery used that criterion, they could claim that more than 35 million Californians "win" the lottery every month. :-) At least those people are net cash neutral, which means that they on average doing more than $0.50 better than the people that buy tickets. "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play." -- Joshua, in _Wargames_ If the lottery used that criterion, they could claim that more than 35 million Californians “win” the lottery every month. :-)
At least those people are net cash neutral, which means that they on average doing more than $0.50 better than the people that buy tickets.

“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.” — Joshua, in _Wargames_

]]> By: klaxophone http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2008/04/09/the-suboptimal-way-to-win/#comment-3991 klaxophone Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:34:12 +0000 http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/?p=656#comment-3991 Maybe the million winners are the people who don't play. Maybe the million winners are the people who don’t play.

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