Waiting time to exhaust lottery numbers

José Galvāo Leite lnstituto de Matematica e Estatfstica, Universidade de Sào Paulo, CEP, SP, 01498, BrazilC.Postal 20570

Carlos Alberto de Bragança Pereira lnstituto de Matematica e Estatfstica, Universidade de Sào Paulo, CEP, SP, 01498, BrazilC.Postal 20570

Flávio Wagner Rodrigues lnstituto de Matematica e Estatfstica, Universidade de Sào Paulo, CEP, SP, 01498, BrazilC.Postal 20570

Abstract

Questions related to lotteries are usually of interest to the public since people think there is a magic formula which will help them to win lottery draws. This note shows how to compute the expected waiting time to observe specific numbers in a sequence of lottery draws and show that surprising facts are expected to occur.

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