Should I play the lottery or not?

[Ibix]

I agree - people think that "lightning can't strike twice". I used to wargame. Weapons fire is resolved by die roll. I've had an opponent who had me dead to rights refuse to take the shot because he'd "used up all his sixes last turn".

I started to argue with him, but eventually my tactical sensibilities overcame my scientific integrity.

 

[EskWIRED]

If 50 rolls have gone by and the 6 still hasn't shown then it's well over due and based on probability, it "should" occur any moment. Of course with probability it's just an average and you can't ever know for sure when a certain number will or will not appear.

In the long run, we expect each number with eual freuency. But in the long run, you will be dead.

With a once a week lottery, or a once a week dice roll, even Methuselah would be playing a fool's game.