Today as we went to get some groceries we saw one of those signs at the adjacent Narvesen: "One of our customers has won 3.1 MNOK in Lotto"
So freakin' what?
The fact that one person handed in a winning lottery ticket at that location means two things for future odds of repeating this statistically insignificant occurrence: Jack and Shit. And Jack is outta' here, 'cause he just won the lottery and moved to Aruba.
If someone won the lottery with numbers submitted at that location it does nothing to enhance your odds of winning. It also does nothing to diminish your odds, unless there's a secret government conspiracy wherein each lotto dealer/location is allotted a finite lottery purse.
Do signs like this one actually affect the sales of lotto tickets?
So freakin' what?
The fact that one person handed in a winning lottery ticket at that location means two things for future odds of repeating this statistically insignificant occurrence: Jack and Shit. And Jack is outta' here, 'cause he just won the lottery and moved to Aruba.
If someone won the lottery with numbers submitted at that location it does nothing to enhance your odds of winning. It also does nothing to diminish your odds, unless there's a secret government conspiracy wherein each lotto dealer/location is allotted a finite lottery purse.
Do signs like this one actually affect the sales of lotto tickets?
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So freakin' what?
It shows that there is large amounts of money to be won in Lotto. Just as they state in their commercials. It's as simple as that.
Do signs like this one actually affect the sales of lotto tickets?
If their other commercials affect the sales, then yes.
And btw, that ain't an epic math fail. This is an epic math fail...
It shows that there is large amounts of money to be won in Lotto. Just as they state in their commercials. It's as simple as that.
..if that was the entire message, I doubt they'd include the centerpiece of the poster - that some schmoe won insane amounts of money at THAT location. Then the poster would read: YOU can get filthy rich playing the lotto
..if that was the entire message, I doubt they'd include the centerpiece of the poster - that some schmoe won insane amounts of money at THAT location.
The message gets more personal when it's closer in time or location. And, in theory, more effective.
Then the poster would read: YOU can get filthy rich playing the lotto
That sounds sooo much better then: YOU will loose your money when playing lotto.
Which is actually the truth, since there is more money going in from the sale of tickets, then going out in prices. So given enough time, YOU will loose.
Not much time needed to see red numbers playing the lottery.
The odds of winning are about the same as for being hit by a cross-dressing comet whilst on your way to accepting your Nobel Prize driving your prototype, self-invented vehicle which is powered by your own sense of self-satisfaction
being hit by a cross-dressing comet whilst on your way to accepting your Nobel Prize driving your prototype, self-invented vehicle which is powered by your own sense of self-satisfaction
I hate it when that happens.
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