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The Skeptics Guide #904 - Nov 5 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Chance of Drawing the Same Number Twice in a Row Is One in 575,757

The chance of winning with a single ticket is one in 575,757. The 300 and 31 billion is wrong. It's straight up wrong. They lied to me. So what's the fallacy? Well, it's really a really obvious when you think about it. You would have had to place a bet. If you were betting, if you bet,. if you bet for both numbers ahead of time, that's the 330 billion. But just the fact that, so the other thing, right? So that's wrong.

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