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Old 07-12-2005, 10:00 PM
Izverg04 Izverg04 is offline
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Default Re: The lottery, The odds, and You

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anyone have any other ideas on this topic?

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When you talk about lotteries, EV alone is an absurd measure. A lottery has to be +CE (certainty equivalent) to justify playing.

A good starting point would be taking a random lottery and calculate how much you'd be willing to pay for a ticket.
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