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 ...

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 ...

The Palm Beach Post, with the help of some top-notch mathematicians, used some pretty sophisticated math to uncover fraud within the Florida Lottery last year. So sophisticated, in fact, that it’s ...

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 ...

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 beginning of the second semester is the time I give my math students a lesson on the lottery to learn about combinations. At this time, I am always reminded of the promises made by our legislators ...

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 ...