Originally Posted by
craig
Okay, I'll buy the "if I buy 200 tickets then I have to win" point. That's not how Famous advertised it IIRC, but if they worded it so that you and others drew that conclusion, then they were wrong.
Note, however, that the statement does not hold true for the chances published for any lottery or game of chance, or in probability and statistics. It is usually defined in terms of what happens on average; in the long run. You flip a fair coin; chances are 1 in 2 that you'll get a head in one flip. The odds don't guarantee that you'll get a head - and only one head - if you flip a coin twice (or flip two coins simultaneously).