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The Odds Must Be Crazy (Posted on 2017-10-19) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Please read the following excerpt from a wonderful book "The jungle of randomness" (by Ivars Peterson) and supply the missing numbers - to the best of your judgement.

In 1986 a New Jersey woman won a million dollar lottery twice in four months. She was extremely lucky, yet the chances of that happening to someone somewhere in the United States are... 
                   your estimate.

You may make your own assumptions, define the population, time etc …

After getting few estimates from the solvers - I will publish the original ending.

Have fun.

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Questionre(2): My take on itAdy TZIDON2017-10-19 23:38:42
re(2): My take on itCharlie2017-10-19 22:37:36
re: My take on itSteve Herman2017-10-19 19:19:43
Some ThoughtsMy take on itCharlie2017-10-19 13:43:53
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