Hacker News with Generative AI: Lottery

There Was a Texas Lottery Arbitrage (bloomberg.com)
I assume it is rarely a positive-expected-value play to buy every possible lottery ticket, but not never. For instance, here’s how Lotto Texas works:
Lottery, Texas, Finance, Probability, Gambling
244 points by ioblomov 29 days ago | 272 comments
Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket (apnews.com)
PARIS (AP) — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in —- and now they’re among France’s most famous fugitives.
Crime, Lottery, France
20 points by andyroid 39 days ago | 5 comments
Mega Millions tickets will climb to $5, but officials promise better odds (apnews.com)
The cost of buying a Mega Millions jackpot dream will soon more than double, but lottery officials said they’re confident players won’t mind paying more after changes that will lead to larger prizes and more frequent winners.
Lottery, Gambling, Finance, Probability
5 points by geox 177 days ago | 3 comments
Lottery Simulator (2023) (perthirtysix.com)
Every so often, a lottery jackpot will get so high that I'll hear about it on the news or from a friend.
Lottery, Simulation, Probability, Entertainment
205 points by airstrike 204 days ago | 94 comments
Show HN: Indiestories (Email Lottery) (indiestories.so)
Show HN, Email, Lottery, Storytelling
6 points by pxue 210 days ago | 0 comments
Winner of $1.3B Powerball jackpot is a immigrant from Laos who has cancer (apnews.com)
Lottery, Immigration, Health, United States
47 points by silahyd 338 days ago | 45 comments