"Michael Grosberg" wrote in message
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I knew a mathematician who believed in astrology and filled lottery
tickets, always with the numbers 1-2-3-4-5...n, as they were exactly
as probable as any other combination. Which is true, but
a. If these number ever came out in a draw, accusations of cheating
would disqualify the results

That seems highly unlikely to me. If no one had tha ticket when that
particular number was "drawn", then there would be no complaints of cheating
because there would be no winner. If there were ticket holders, invalidating
the result on whim would lead to lawsuits immediately. How would the lottery
officials then demonstrate that the results were not correct?



Brian