@Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoIs it not grotesque to give a random person 1.2 billion dollars in a lottery?message-square146fedilinkarrow-up1206file-text
arrow-up1206message-squareIs it not grotesque to give a random person 1.2 billion dollars in a lottery?@Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square146fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@meco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•2 years agoAlso most lottery winners end up dead or bankrupt within a few years of winning.
minus-squareBilbo BagginslinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years agoThe Google response seems to agree with you, but this Berkeley study says the opposite: https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/157/Papers/kaplan.pdf (Fixed link.)
minus-square@meco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoDunno if it’s bad for mobile or just a bad link but I got a 404.
That’s more reasonable.
Also most lottery winners end up dead or bankrupt within a few years of winning.
The Google response seems to agree with you, but this Berkeley study says the opposite:
https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/157/Papers/kaplan.pdf
(Fixed link.)
Dunno if it’s bad for mobile or just a bad link but I got a 404.
I guess that’s my point