On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Dimitriy V. Masterov wrote:

> I don't have an answer for you, but it seems important to point out that
> not all lotteries have a negative expected payoff. Large, multi-state
> jackpots are often a "fair" bet, even after taxes.

How does that come about?


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