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Chapter 1 PROBABILITY AND MEASURE (March 30, 2003) 1. The Texas lotto 1.1 Introduction Texans (used to) play the lotto by selecting six different numbers between 1 and 50, which cost $1 for each combination1. Twice a week, on Wednesday and Saturday at 10 PM, six ping-pong balls are released without replacement from a rotating plastic ball containing 50 ping- pong balls numbered 1 through 50. The winner of the jackpot (which occasionally accumulates to 60 or more million dollars!) is th