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May 30, 2003

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. If betting on the Super Lotto over the years hasn't made you rich, how might NOT betting on it all those years have made you a millionaire?

    A. By using the money to bet on the unpredictable stock market instead, answers Hope College psychologist David G. Myers in "Intuition: Its Powers and Perils." Figure it this way: A truck-driver named "Joe" has spent $30-$50 per week for four years playing the Lotto, some $10,000 total, and never won a dime. Still he persists: "You never know," he says.


     
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