14 Lotto picks
Back when I was a C programmer hatchling, I returned from a trip to Las Vegas eager to write my own keno program. Keno is a random-number game, a cross between the lottery and bingo. You pick several numbers in the range from 1 through 80. Payouts depend on how many numbers you choose and guess correctly.
In the process of writing the code, it became apparent that the payouts offered in the casino were nowhere close to the true odds. For example, if you pick 10 numbers and guess correctly, you win $200,000. But the odds of picking 10 out of 10 numbers in a range of 80 numbers are 1:8,911,712. You should win $8,911,712, right? But at least they have killer shrimp cocktail for a dollar. Or they once did.
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