An Infinite Lottery Paradox

Axiomathes 32 (1):1-6 (2022)
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Abstract

In a fair, infinite lottery, it is possible to conclude that drawing a number divisible by four is strictly less likely than drawing an even number; and, with apparently equal cogency, that drawing a number divisible by four is equally as likely as drawing an even number.

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John D. Norton
University of Pittsburgh
Matthew Parker
University of Washington

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