The continued existence of lotteries is a demonstration of how little intuition humans have for probability. On some level, ...

The NBA continues to try to fix the lottery because the lottery continues to fail at what it's supposed to do. Jacek Boczarski / Anadolu via Getty Images This is not a flex, nor an attempt to drop ...

We walk through an optimization problem step by step, clearly explaining how to identify variables, set up the correct function, apply derivatives, and find maximum or minimum values. Each step is ...

The winning National Lottery numbers for Wednesday, December 10, have been announced. Players simply need to match up to six main numbers while additional prizes include £1m if they match a bonus ball ...

Joseph was watching TV at his home in Florida when he heard a sharp thud on the roof. He figured it was a branch, but when he climbed up, he found a scorched metal cylinder. It wasn’t from his air ...

This puzzle looks like it needs calculus… but you’re not allowed to use it. I explore alternative methods to get the answer only using basic math tools. 8 million inflation refund checks sent out ...

The WNBA will hold its Draft Lottery on Sunday evening, and the Dallas Wings hold a 42% chance of winning the top pick. They won the first pick last year, which landed them Paige Bueckers, and they're ...

In big liberal cities, the most politically acceptable form of new housing—apartments officially designated as affordable—isn’t sold to the highest bidder or rented to the first tenant willing to pay ...

The Powerball lottery jackpot was an estimated $258 million with a cash option of $120.8 million for Monday night's drawing. The Powerball lottery drawing for Monday, Oct. 13 was finally held after a ...

Gearbox has delayed the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 indefinitely and cancelled all digital pre-orders just over a week from its release date. The looter shooter had been due out on ...

A winning scratch-off ticket from the Kentucky Lottery’s Feelin’ Like A Million Bucks game turned a Shelby County man into an instant millionaire with a $20 wager. The man, who according to the ...

A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...