The lottery has long captivated the imagination of players worldwide, offering the tantalizing possibility of life-changing wins. While winning the lottery is largely a matter of chance, as lottery drawings are typica...The lottery has long captivated the imagination of players worldwide, offering the tantalizing possibility of life-changing wins. While winning the lottery is largely a matter of chance, as lottery drawings are typically random and unpredictable. Some people use the lottery terminal randomly generates numbers for them, some players choose numbers that hold personal significance to them, such as birthdays, anniversaries, or other important dates, some enthusiasts have turned to statistical analysis as a means to analyze past winning numbers identify patterns or frequencies. In this paper, we use order statistics to estimate the probability of specific order of numbers or number combinations being drawn in future drawings.展开更多
The Lottery is American female writer Shirley Jackson's masterpiece, telling a story about an annual event on June 7 th practiced to ensure a good harvest in a small town in contemporary America. Throughout the wh...The Lottery is American female writer Shirley Jackson's masterpiece, telling a story about an annual event on June 7 th practiced to ensure a good harvest in a small town in contemporary America. Throughout the whole story,symbols are very well used to reveal the deep meaning. In the short story, the names of characters,people's acts and words and the color of some objects symbolize the fate of the victim, the obstinacy and indifference of the villagers and the cruel essence of this ritual.展开更多
E-lottery is a popular game for its convenience provided by the Internet. An e-lottery scheme based on voting is proposed. The scheme is publicly verifiable and the fairness can be guaranteed. Lottery players not only...E-lottery is a popular game for its convenience provided by the Internet. An e-lottery scheme based on voting is proposed. The scheme is publicly verifiable and the fairness can be guaranteed. Lottery players not only provide seed numbers to create the initial value of the lucky number, but also have an opportunity to change the intermediate value of the lucky number by means of voting. The new property of the scheme makes the lottery game more interactive and attractive to players. The anonymity of submitting the lottery ticket and casting the vote is achieved. Comparison with other existing e-lottery schemes is given.展开更多
China's third biggest lottery prize in history was claimed on October 13. The winner, a masked man who refused to reveal his identity, took home 520 million yuan ($85 million) from a welfare lottery issuing center ...China's third biggest lottery prize in history was claimed on October 13. The winner, a masked man who refused to reveal his identity, took home 520 million yuan ($85 million) from a welfare lottery issuing center in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. It triggered a nationwide debate with many questioning the fairness of the transaction.展开更多
文摘The lottery has long captivated the imagination of players worldwide, offering the tantalizing possibility of life-changing wins. While winning the lottery is largely a matter of chance, as lottery drawings are typically random and unpredictable. Some people use the lottery terminal randomly generates numbers for them, some players choose numbers that hold personal significance to them, such as birthdays, anniversaries, or other important dates, some enthusiasts have turned to statistical analysis as a means to analyze past winning numbers identify patterns or frequencies. In this paper, we use order statistics to estimate the probability of specific order of numbers or number combinations being drawn in future drawings.
文摘The Lottery is American female writer Shirley Jackson's masterpiece, telling a story about an annual event on June 7 th practiced to ensure a good harvest in a small town in contemporary America. Throughout the whole story,symbols are very well used to reveal the deep meaning. In the short story, the names of characters,people's acts and words and the color of some objects symbolize the fate of the victim, the obstinacy and indifference of the villagers and the cruel essence of this ritual.
文摘E-lottery is a popular game for its convenience provided by the Internet. An e-lottery scheme based on voting is proposed. The scheme is publicly verifiable and the fairness can be guaranteed. Lottery players not only provide seed numbers to create the initial value of the lucky number, but also have an opportunity to change the intermediate value of the lucky number by means of voting. The new property of the scheme makes the lottery game more interactive and attractive to players. The anonymity of submitting the lottery ticket and casting the vote is achieved. Comparison with other existing e-lottery schemes is given.
文摘China's third biggest lottery prize in history was claimed on October 13. The winner, a masked man who refused to reveal his identity, took home 520 million yuan ($85 million) from a welfare lottery issuing center in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. It triggered a nationwide debate with many questioning the fairness of the transaction.