Holy crap. Someone won the Texas Lotto -- to the tune of $95 million -- by buying every combination of number available. They apparently invested approximately $25.8M to accomplish that. (Paywall busted below) https://archive.is/etkX9
@ai6yr Recently watched a movie called “Jerry & Marge Go Large” starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening based on the real-life story of a humble retired Michigan math whiz that discovered a mathematical flaw in the rules that would guarantee winnings if he bought enough tickets. They legally played the game, won, and shared the opportunity with others in their small town.
Proof they bought every number is they ALSO cashed in every combination of five-out-of-six wins possible, per that article. #math#lotto#mathematics#odds
So a fun fact about this is that I lived 2 blocks from the store where they did this and went there regularly to get beer during the time they were doing this. Was completely unaware.
@ai6yr if other people had the same numbers do they have to split the prize? eg if two other people had the same numbers does it get split 3ways. You can’t buy every number for that outcome.
@spmatich Yeah, I think they were gambling that no one else would be buying every combo of number (ie probably not aware of any other group doing the same math). Some luck that no one else accidentally picked that number.
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