OT Test[ing again] - No need to reply

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Tom Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 03:22, Jean Sagi wrote:
> 
>>Lotto? What do you mean?... Baloto perhaps...
>>
>>Chucho!
> 
> 
> 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. 
> 
The chances of winning aren't that bad: 1:3838380
Klaus