The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoYou're basically losing money if you don'tstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1584arrow-down118
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minus-squareGCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up69arrow-down3·11 months agoIt’s fifty fifty. Either you win money, or you don’t.
minus-squareanolemmi@lemmi.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up39·11 months agoJust got two Powerball tix for tonight, thanks! Since one ticket is 50%, two should basically guarantee I win! Gonna go kick my boss in the balls and walk out, should be fine, right? Probably.
minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·11 months agotwo tickets actually lowers your odds 50% x 50% = 25%
minus-squareNorthWestWind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoThat’s the odds to win both. Op need one of them only.
minus-squareEvilZionistEatingChildren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoGo cast your fancy magic someplace else.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s why you should add instead of multiply. 0.5 + 0.5 = 0.10 So the odds are even worse
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoCorrect. Do it like Homer and use you boss’s head as bongos.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoThat would imply the one organising the gambling isn’t taking a cut.
minus-squareGCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoNah you’re wrong
It’s fifty fifty. Either you win money, or you don’t.
Just got two Powerball tix for tonight, thanks! Since one ticket is 50%, two should basically guarantee I win!
Gonna go kick my boss in the balls and walk out, should be fine, right? Probably.
two tickets actually lowers your odds
50% x 50% = 25%
That’s the odds to win both. Op need one of them only.
Go cast your fancy magic someplace else.
That’s why you should add instead of multiply.
0.5 + 0.5 = 0.10
So the odds are even worse
I see no flaws here.
Correct. Do it like Homer and use you boss’s head as bongos.
That would imply the one organising the gambling isn’t taking a cut.
Nah you’re wrong