From the comfort of his desk in the UCLA mathematics department, Skip Garibaldi uses his analytical expertise to help find lottery scammers across the country. Garibaldi, the associate director of the ...

My print column this week examines the math of the lottery. A government-run gambling game may indeed be a tax on people who are bad at math, as mathematicians, T-shirts and bumper stickers suggest, ...

The world of lotteries offers a unique and fascinating application of mathematical principles. While lotteries are often viewed as a form of entertainment or a chance to win big, they are deeply ...

Do you dream of winning a jackpot? Ever get lost daydreaming, imagining the freedom that a big lottery win could bring to your life? Well, looking at odds and probability, a lottery win is a matter of ...

We’ve all daydreamed about hitting the lottery jackpot, but Stefan Mandel didn’t just dream he made it happen, not once, but 14 times. This Romanian-Australian economist turned the lottery into a ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the gigantic Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, the games come down to two things: simple math — and very ...

A North Carolina math lover's fondness for pi helped him score a sweet victory in the state's lottery. "I've always been an extremely big math person," Ruby, a bartender, said in a statement, adding ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — It’s free to dream. That’s what the lottery really can do; cause you to stare off into space just imagining the adventures you could have and the bills that could be paid if piles of ...

A mathematician has defied the odds to win the lottery a whopping 14 times without breaking a single law. How did he do it? Romanian-born Australian Stefan Mandel used his affinity for numbers to ...