My print column this week examines the math of the lottery. A government-run gambling game may indeed be a tax on people who are bad at math, as mathematicians, T-shirts and bumper stickers suggest, ...

The world of lotteries offers a unique and fascinating application of mathematical principles. While lotteries are often viewed as a form of entertainment or a chance to win big, they are deeply ...

Point: The Powerball lottery prize is past $1 billion. Counterpoint: Powerball players will probably lose close to $700 million, collectively, by playing. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of ...

From the comfort of his desk in the UCLA mathematics department, Skip Garibaldi uses his analytical expertise to help find lottery scammers across the country. Garibaldi, the associate director of the ...

It seems the lottery is in the news lately, what with the billion dollar Powerball jackpot. Coincidently, I’ve noticed that the perennial dilemma of how to measure academic achievement is also back in ...

We’ve all daydreamed about hitting the lottery jackpot, but Stefan Mandel didn’t just dream he made it happen, not once, but 14 times. This Romanian-Australian economist turned the lottery into a ...

It’s common knowledge these days that the odds of someone winning the lottery are pretty miniscule. An often-cited statistic is that you’re more likely to be struck by lightning and die than choose ...