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Re:Shrinkflation, SanDisk Style by oneeyedpigeon on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:16AM (#34804901)
The problem is that underestimating will cause fewer tickets to be sold.
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Re:Shrinkflation, SanDisk Style by Y_Y on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:39AM (#34805218)
I can imagine a perverse population of customers whose elasticity function prevents the estimate from ever being correct by always buying too many tickets.
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Re:Shrinkflation, SanDisk Style by mrguyorama on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @01:08PM (#34808003)
A business being less successful if they don't misrepresent reality is perfectly fine to me.
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Re:Shrinkflation, SanDisk Style by jsjohnst on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:17PM (#34814950)
> A business being less successful if they don't misrepresent reality is perfectly fine to me

We are talking about a state government backed lottery, not a business.

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