The Powerball rolls on, with a total payout said to now be record a $1.3 billion. How do lotteries work? What are the chances of winning? Is the thrill of buying a lottery ticket worth the cost?
Virginia Tech statistics professor J.P. Morgan of the College of Science has taken a long look at the system and can discuss the American obsession with winning big.
Morgan is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation’s preeminent professional statistical society.
He has twice been a visiting fellow at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences; a visiting researcher at the College of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London; and a visiting researcher in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Goldsmith’s College, University of London.
Contact Steven Mackay of the Virginia Tech College of Science for details on interviews with Dr. Morgan at 540-231-5035, or [email protected].
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