how buying two lottery tickets doesn’t double my chance of winning the lottery, even if that chance is still minuscule?

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I mentioned to a colleague that I’d bought two lottery tickets for last weeks Euromillions draw instead of my usual 1 to double my chance at winning. He said “Yeah, that’s not how it works.” I’m sure he is right – but why?

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Assuming you picked two different numbers, you do double your chances at winning. They’re still infinitesimally small, but they’re doubled. Your friend is wrong.

This thread is full of more wrong answers than anything I have ever seen on Reddit, and I have seen some shit on Reddit.

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