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BTC_for_Freedom | 1 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +9 
 Imagine ever wasting money on the lottery. You can use $670 to buy 0.01 Bitcoin or 20 lottery tickets.

Probability to be a USD millionaire:
0.01 BTC = 1:1
20 lottery tickets = 20:290M
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telluride | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 People don’t understand large numbers.

Did you know that no-one has EVER won the keno 20 number jackpot? 

“Gambling is just a tax on people that are bad at math” -some smart guy
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