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  2. Lottery paradox - Wikipedia

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    Lottery paradox. The lottery paradox [1] arises from Henry E. Kyburg Jr. considering a fair 1,000-ticket lottery that has exactly one winning ticket. If that much is known about the execution of the lottery, it is then rational to accept that some ticket will win. Suppose that an event is considered "very likely" only if the probability of it ...

  3. Georgia Land Lotteries - Wikipedia

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    Georgia Land Lotteries. The Land Lottery display at New Echota, former capital of the Cherokee nation. The Georgia land lotteries were an early nineteenth century system of land redistribution in Georgia. Under this system, various categories of persons (depending upon the specific lottery year) could register for a chance to win lots of land ...

  4. Jack Whittaker (lottery winner) - Wikipedia

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    Known for. Winning the Powerball in December 2002. Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) [1] was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever ...

  5. Harry Potter (film series) - Wikipedia

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    Harry Potter is a film series based on the eponymous novels by British author J. K. Rowling.The series is produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).

  6. Michael Carroll (lottery winner) - Wikipedia

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    Michael Carroll (born 29 March 1983 in Swaffham, Norfolk) is an Englishman who won the UK National Lottery in 2002. A former refuse collector, Carroll won £9,736,131 on the National Lottery in November 2002, aged 19. He enjoyed celebrity status for a time in the British tabloid media as the "Lotto lout" and the self-proclaimed "King of Chavs ".

  7. Edward M. Cotter (fireboat) - Wikipedia

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    Edward M. Cotter escorting USS Little Rock (LCS-9). Edward M. Cotter is a fireboat in use by the Buffalo Fire Department at Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally named William S. Grattan, it was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. Due to age, it was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed Firefighter upon its return ...

  8. Leonard Schlesinger - Wikipedia

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    Leonard A. (Len) Schlesinger is an American author, educator, and business leader. He is currently the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and President Emeritus of Babson College where he served as the college's 12th President from 2008 through 2013.

  9. John Gotti - Wikipedia

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    John Joseph Gotti Jr. (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ t i / GOT-ee, Italian:; October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City.He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, leading what was described as America's most powerful crime syndicate.