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Stephen Woodcock, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney

433 people win a lottery jackpot – impossible? Probability and psychology suggest it's more likely than you’d think

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More than a few eyebrows were raised at the weekend when it was reported a staggering 433 people won the jackpot of a government-backed lottery in the Philippines – sharing in 236 million pesos (about A$6.2 million).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this has led to calls for an enquiry into how this seemingly “near-impossible” outcome could have arisen.

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