Re: Using the Lottery to Break a Tie
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How can they agree to use the next 649 results, such that they each have a 50% chance of winning?
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They agree to call each other as soon as they find out the results. First person to call the other with the accurate results wins.
Since we know nothing about the probability of each one finding out the numbers first, by symmetry they have an equal chance and we have used the results to break the tie.
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