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Re:Show HN: Website that plays the lottery every second by henry2023 on Friday January 02, 2026 @11:52PM (#46472924)
It’s the same game. Betting on a pair when throwing two dice has the same likelihood than betting on a six when throwing one die.
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Re:Show HN: Website that plays the lottery every second by kuboble on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:50AM (#46473772)
The odds may be the same but the game is not the same.

The point of lottery games is to offer the lowest possible probability of winning that has a perception of being winnable.

So guessing few random small numbers feels easier than picking one random large number.

The whole point of the website is to show those games in a context where people without a math degree will get how low the winning chances are.

So the games with the same winning likelihood Are Not the same game.

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