William Chops Westfield wrote:
> It's pretty amazing how non-intuitive probability can be.  When
> I was in "Mathletes" (competition Math club in HS), the probability
> problems were always the ones that resulted in the most discussion.
> I guess this helps explain gambling problems as well...

That's why our state lottery is sometimes referred to as a tax on people
that are bad at math, or a "stupidity tax".  Seems to work pretty well.  I
always get a chuckle out of people mentioning that so-and-so won some money
in the lottery.  Please, tell everyone, it will only encourage more to play.
I love it when other people pay my taxes for me.


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