Musings of a Data Scientist: Mega Millions Jackpot
Here at Knewton we decided to purchase Mega Millions lottery tickets collectively. Here are some musings from our data science team on our chances of hitting it big. The upcoming Mega Millions jackpot is around $540 million per $1 ticket, or a payoff of 540 million to one. The odds of winning are (according to the lottery web site) about 1 in 176 million. Neglecting the chances that the jackpot will split, this appears… Read more