Take a Chance by Exploring the Statistics in Lotteries


Authors: 
Lesser, L.
Volume: 
65
Pages: 
7-Jun
Year: 
2004
Publisher: 
Statistics Teacher Network
Abstract: 

This article gives intuition for the magnitude of the MegaMillions jackpot probability and then goes on to show how a lottery can be used to explore all the major topics of an introductory statistics course.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education