The results of two completely separate lottery events do not affect one another. It’s the same idea as flipping a coin twice- just because one toss came up heads this has no effect on the outcome of the second toss.
So really the relevant question here is ‘what is the probability of someone playing two state lotteries at once’. The probability of this is high- people who gamble on terrible odds are likely to do so in multiplicity.
ohnoyoudin t1_itrcspg wrote
Reply to How does one figure out what probability is most relevant when deciding how probable something is? by eth_trader_12
The results of two completely separate lottery events do not affect one another. It’s the same idea as flipping a coin twice- just because one toss came up heads this has no effect on the outcome of the second toss.
So really the relevant question here is ‘what is the probability of someone playing two state lotteries at once’. The probability of this is high- people who gamble on terrible odds are likely to do so in multiplicity.