Friday, February 03, 2006
We won't be retiring, then
No, our one-off syndicate at work didn't win the EuroMillions lottery so we will still be turning up as normal on Monday. We weren't even close. Ten of us put in our hard-earned cash for a ticket each and none of them came up with more than a single number. Looking at the odds, getting 2 main numbers and 1 Lucky Star number is only 1:39. We managed 7 numbers across 10 tickets. Pathetic.
Being one of the pattern-matching creatures that we all are, I see that 3 of these numbers (09, 21, 01) appeared last week as well. If I didn't have the basic knowledge of statistics that I do, I would go "Oooh, isn't that
spooky?" but I do and it isn't so I won't.
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hello!
i am rubbish with statistics too - i anonymously commented this and confirmed it :)
http://bristlingbadger.blogspot.com/2005/07/it-could-be-you.html
would it be ok if i link to your blog, by the way?
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i am rubbish with statistics too - i anonymously commented this and confirmed it :)
http://bristlingbadger.blogspot.com/2005/07/it-could-be-you.html
would it be ok if i link to your blog, by the way?
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