Raffle ticket odds, does buying say 10 out of 28,000, give you 1/2800 chance on every ticket or 1/28000?

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Raffle ticket odds, does buying say 10 out of 28,000, give you 1/2800 chance on every ticket or 1/28000?

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Each ticket has a 1/28000 chance to win on its own, or 0.0035714285714%.

If you attempt a 1/28000 chance 10 times, there is a 0.035708546% chance that at least 1 of the attempts will win, which is *not* simply 10x more.

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