“The Story of Chance – What’s Luck Got to Do With It?” My new book will be available soon. Here are some highlights: Why does a lucky lottery jackpot winner need unlucky losers?  How are the occurrences of “black swans” explained by the opportunity for such things to happen?  What is synchronicity and why did Read more…

The chance of winning the MEGA Millions lottery jackpot is 1 in 303 million (more precisely, 1 in 302,575,350.)  To put this in perspective: If you buy 50 tickets per week you will win the jackpot once every 116,000 years. If every time you drive a mile you buy a MEGA Millions ticket, you will Read more…

Quote from a Las Vegas gambler:  “I hope I break even this week.  I need the money.” A roulette wheel is divided into 38 sections, numbered from 1 to 36, 0 and 00.  18 of the sections numbered from 1 to 36 are black and 18 are red.  The sections 0 and 00 are green. You can bet Read more…