{"id":11583,"date":"2012-05-02T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=11583"},"modified":"2012-05-02T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:12:09","slug":"whats-the-next-winning-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2012\/05\/whats-the-next-winning-number\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s The Next Winning Number?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/12.jpg?resize=160%2C173\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/12.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/12.jpg?resize=89%2C96&amp;ssl=1 89w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I find it amusing<br \/>\nwhen I encounter folks<br \/>\njotting notes of winning lottery numbers.<br \/>\nHow will they &#8216;analyse&#8217; such records?<\/p>\n<p>So what if a number wins many times?<br \/>\nDoes it mean it is likely to win again next?<br \/>\nOr does it mean it is less likely this time?<br \/>\nOr does it mean it will no longer win?<\/p>\n<p>So what if a number never wins even once?<br \/>\nDoes it mean it is likely to finally win next?<br \/>\nOr does it mean it is just as unlikely this time?<br \/>\nOr does it mean it remains unlikely for all time?<\/p>\n<p>So what if a number wins once in a while?<br \/>\nDoes it mean it is likely to win again next?<br \/>\nOr does it mean it is unlikely this time?<br \/>\nOr does it mean it will no longer win?<\/p>\n<p>You get the idea.<br \/>\nAnything goes.<br \/>\nAnd if so,<br \/>\nwhy even &#8216;analyse&#8217; the numbers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find it amusing when I encounter folks jotting notes of winning lottery numbers. How will they &#8216;analyse&#8217; such records?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[111,600],"class_list":["post-11583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-perception","tag-probability","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}