> Full disclosure I do contribute to an office pool when jackpots get high because I don't want to be the one guy left out. We only have an office pool when the jackpot gets really high and there is some entertainment value >in listening to everyone's plans for their share of the jackpot.
There is also positive EV in that situation in NOT being the only dumb SOB left in the office to do all the work, after everybody else bails out with their winnings ; )
Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. -Yogi Berra
There
is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate
preparation to cope with a statistical universe. -Robert Heinlein
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