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Radio 4,3 mins

How you can use mathematics to beat the lottery

Radio 4 in Four

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Adam Kucharski, author of The Perfect Bet, looks at the maths behind playing the lottery or gambling. Tim Harford presents. First broadcast on More or Less, 14 August 2016.

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