OT Test[ing again] - No need to reply

Condon Thomas A KPWA tcondon
Mon May 17 11:53:14 PDT 2004


Tom Wilson wrote:
> Here in America, many states have what they call a Lotto.  What
> happens is you go to a local convenience store and purchase a Lotto
> ticket for a US $1 a ticket.  They usually have 6 numbers on them
> from 1 to 40 or so.  Then once a week they draw numbers out of a
> contraption that has a bunch of numbered ping pong balls in it and
> you hope that the six you picked (or had randomly generated) on your
> ticket are the same six that pop up out of the ball machine.  Is so
> you win the jackpot of generally some tens to hundreds of millions of
> dollars. 
> 
> Most people don't win.  Thus you have to pretty lucky if you do.

In some places this is called the "Optimist's Tax".


Tom  :-})

Thomas A. Condon

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