Mega lottery winner to stick with Ford, ex-wife

Of course. If he hadn't won, she'd be like "ya right". Now she'll be like "Sure!".

My little editorial on Ford products:

I own a 2000 Lincoln LS - the odometer just turned over 232,000 and she still purrs like a kitten.

Sure, I've had a few minor difficulties, but I would not be scared to get in that car and drive cross country.

I would buy another, but Lincoln has discontinued this model.

Congrats Mr Sneath!

Sorry Captain- The odds do work that way, in fact the only way to
lower your odds is to buy more unique tickets.  Try making your case
to the Washington State Lottery, see . . .

http://www.walottery.com/sections/LotteryGames/Lotto.aspx?Page=FAQ

Oh WOW--No matter WHAT the WA State Lotttery SEZ--in the area of mathematical statistics and probabilities, Capatain is correct--each number is considered its OWN unique universe and therefore subject to the statistical laws governing THAT universe (I remember explaining this concept to a class of bored 8th graders until one kid figured out--even at 13 1/2 some of these kids are already showing gambling tendencies--what that meant in terms of the lottery--asked a question and sparked a debate that lasted all morning--finally coming to the conclusion that state lotteries are a rip off--still . . .I play--just a glutton for punishment,I guess)

If the odds of winning a tkt are 1 in 175,000,000--then the purchase of 10 tkts does not reduce the odds to 1 in 17.500,000--the odds remain the same--but now can be stated that you have 10 chances to win, each at 175,000,000 to 1.  Each number resets the statistical universe to 0.  I know--I know--it doesn't make common sense but shortly after the above mentioned year I went back to school and decided to get my nursing degree--and have found that medecine is another area where people try to apply the Laws Of Common Sense--only there they are frequently wrong--sometimes disasterously  so.

Well, no, you're wrong about that.

Using your argument, one can deduce that the odds are 1 in 175 million that ANYONE will win a drawing, because the odds do not increase as the number of purchased tickets increases.

And we all know that the odds of someone winning in any drawing are NOT 1 in 175 million.  They are 1 in 175 million divided by the number of tickets purchased.

And if YOU buy more than one ticket, your odds of winning are similarly increased.

Therefore, if you buy 10 tickets, your odds of winning have been increased from 1 in 175 million to 1 in 17.5 million.

If you want to look at it another way, your odds are 10 tickets (combinations) out of 175 million possible combinations, and any 4th grader who knows their fractions can reduce that to 1 in 17.5 million.

See my previous post.

Yes, each ticket has a 1 in 175 million chance of winning, but when you buy 10 tickets you don't look at your total odds of winning by examining each ticket independently.  You have 10 tickets (chances) out of 175 million, not 1 chance.

Each ticket has exactly the same likelihood of winning, but YOU -- the person who owns all 10 chances -- have 10 chances to win, not 1, so your chances (odds) of winning are 10 out of 175 million, which means your odds are 1 in 17.5 million.

...suitable only for climates where your car windows don't freeze. Michigan has some cold winters.

Interesting.  Thank you.   I hope what I posted on April 5 now makes a lot of sense.  I knew people at Ford would be upset.  I worked for a manufacturing company for 21 years and you become a family. 

(If Ford didn't sell Jaguar last month he could get that foreign sports car and still be a loyal Ford owner.) 

I liked reading that he might get back together with his ex-wife.   See?  Who said money can't buy you love? 

Shame on the editor for his comment about Mr. Sneath's wife.  Did anyone stop to think that maybe she loved him before he hit the mega millions!  Give the girl a break!