Doug_S.2 comments on Burch's Law - Less Wrong

31 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 March 2007 02:39AM

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Comment author: Doug_S.2 08 March 2007 06:54:06PM 0 points [-]

Rollover lottery jackpots can end up with prizes large enough so that the expected dollar value of a ticket is greater than the cost of a ticket; it's not necessarily foolish to buy a lottery ticket when the jackpot gets really large.