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That's complete nonsense. Do you safely remove luck from the equation when talking about the lottery?


Of course. There are many ways to increase the odds to win the lottery, bets, games.

You can't discuss luck but you can discuss everything else, like frequency. More attempts, more opportunities to get lucky. This is kinda obvious, no?


Sure, you can discuss everything you want. Magic incantations and religion, too.


Sure, the chance of winning scales linearly with how often you play.


But if you play 10x more than me at the lottery and win, it will still mostly be luck.


Sure, I will have 10x more luck than you!




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