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Scott A. Norris, Mathematics, on odds of winning $1.6B Powerball jackpot

Associated Press Originally Posted: January 14, 2016 $1.6B Powerball jackpot to be split three ways Winners bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6 billion became a national fascination will be split three ways. The winners’ identities remain a mystery, but they […]

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Scott Norris, Mathematics, has one good tip for winning the Powerball jackpot

WINA News Radio Originally Posted: January 8, 2016 It’s easy to sum up your chances of winning tomorrow’s huge Powerball jackpot: slim to none. The math whizzes put the odds of winning at more than one in 292 million. One statistical expert at the University at Buffalo – Jeffrey Miecznikowski – says that’s like flipping […]

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Four student projects win recognition (and $5,000) in SMU’s 2015 Big iDeas Business Plan Competition

Congratulations to Hunter Rice, Edward Allegra and Rax Friman on their winning projects. These Dedman College students were part of four student teams that competed in SMU’s Big iDeas Business Plan Competition. More on the competition and the projects below: Four student teams combined winning pitches with solid business plans to earn $5,000 startup grants for their projects […]

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Mega Millions $586 million jackpot a super-long shot

Once merely astronomical, the odds of hitting the jackpot in tonight’s Mega Millions drawing for an estimated $586 million have climbed toward the impossible, bringing predictions of a $1 billion prize by Christmas. READ MORE

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Thomas Hagstrom Named Ford Research Fellow

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