"... they matched just two balls on
three of the tickets, the reward being three lucky dip tries on a subsequent lottery, each
of which came to nothing. Since a ticket costs £2, the experiment represented a loss to
the authors of £54.
This unfortunate incident therefore serves both as a verification of our result and of the
principle that one should expect to lose money when gambling."
"... they matched just two balls on three of the tickets, the reward being three lucky dip tries on a subsequent lottery, each of which came to nothing. Since a ticket costs £2, the experiment represented a loss to the authors of £54.
This unfortunate incident therefore serves both as a verification of our result and of the principle that one should expect to lose money when gambling."