Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't somebody buy every combination of the...
by rabidonrails on Monday January 11, 2016 @12:20AM
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Asked and answered a couple times, but here are the highlights.
1. Possible splits: should you win and have to split the pot you would probably lose a large amount of money.
2. Timing: You can't purchase the tickets fast enough. Say, for example, you wanted to purchase all of the tickets. Even if you purchased a new ticket each second, with only 86,400 seconds in a day and 292.2M outcomes, it would take you something like 5.5 years to fill out all of the tickets.
1. Possible splits: should you win and have to split the pot you would probably lose a large amount of money.
2. Timing: You can't purchase the tickets fast enough. Say, for example, you wanted to purchase all of the tickets. Even if you purchased a new ticket each second, with only 86,400 seconds in a day and 292.2M outcomes, it would take you something like 5.5 years to fill out all of the tickets.