An analgesic (colloquially identified as a painkiller) is any member on the diverse group of drugs used to relieve discomfort (attain analgesia). This derives from Greek an-, “without”, and -algia, “pain”. Analgesic drugs act in a variety of techniques on … Read More
An analgesic (colloquially known as a painkiller) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain (achieve analgesia). This derives from Greek an-, “without”, and -algia, “pain”. Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral … Read More
Many lotteries have a “powerball” (or “bonus ball”). If the powerball is drawn from a different pool of numbers from the main lottery, then simply multiply the odds by the number of powerballs. For example, in the 6 from 49 … Read More
The fundamental bet in craps is the pass line bet, in which one bets that the dice will pass (that is, roll the point number before rolling a 7). A pass line bet is also won if the come-out roll … Read More
One must calculate the total number of lottery combinations (c(49,6) = 13,983,816, as explained in the section above), and divide it by the number of those combinations which give the desired result – which equates to the number of ways … Read More
The probability of being dealt various starting hands can be explicitly calculated. In Texas Hold ’em, a player is dealt two down (or hole) cards. The first card can be any one of 52 playing cards in the deck and … Read More
The American Translators Association (ATA) was founded in 1959 and is now the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the United States with more than 10,000 members in 80 countries. Membership is open to anyone with an interest … Read More
A typical housie/bingo ticket is shown to the right. It contains fifteen numbers, arranged in nine columns by three rows. Each row contains five numbers and four blank spaces. Each column contains either one, two, or very rarely three, numbers: … Read More
A lottery machine is the machine used to draw the winning numbers for a lottery.Early lotteries were done by drawing numbers, or winning tickets, from a container. In the UK, numbers of winning Premium Bonds (which were not strictly a … Read More
