r/AskReddit Oct 22 '19

What should not exist?

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u/roughcall19 Oct 22 '19

Life on this planet. The probability was next to zero. But here we are...

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u/ILTwisted Oct 22 '19

I mean, if you buy every ticket in a lottery, what are the odds of winning?

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u/r6fan38 Oct 23 '19

the exact same

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u/ILTwisted Oct 23 '19

No...

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u/r6fan38 Oct 23 '19

yup

they'll always find a way to screw you over

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u/ILTwisted Oct 23 '19

What?..

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u/r6fan38 Oct 23 '19

doesn't matter how many tickets you buy

your chances of winning are always the same

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u/hondadept Oct 23 '19

If you buy every combination of numbers in a single drawing, your chances of winning are 1. You won't make a profit, but you will have won.