A Note on the Probability of Winning a Lottery when the Number of Competitors is a Binomial Random Variable (2010)

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College of Business and EconomicsUniversity of Canterbury. Department of Economics and Finance
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Abstract
Consider a model in which a consumer faces a lottery with j other people for a prize, so that the probability of winning the prize is 1/(j+1). Now let j be a random variable, determined by the binomial distribution. Specifically, let there be n potential competitors for the consumer in the lottery, each with an independent probability of pi of being a competitor. In this note, we show how the resulting expression for the expected value of 1/(j+1) using binomial probabilities can be simplified by means of the binomial theorem.
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Hogan, S., Meriluoto, L. (2010) A Note on the Probability of Winning a Lottery when the Number of Competitors is a Binomial Random Variable. Department of Economics and Finance. 4pp..This citation is automatically generated and may be unreliable. Use as a guide only.
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binomial distribution; binomial theorem; lotteryANZSRC Fields of Research
35 - Commerce, management, tourism and services::3502 - Banking, finance and investment::350208 - Investment and risk management49 - Mathematical sciences::4905 - Statistics::490506 - Probability theory
38 - Economics::3802 - Econometrics::380202 - Econometric and statistical methods
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