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by recursive 555 days ago
So if the risk is calculated, it's not gambling? Lottery tickets publish their odds. And in that case, it's actually possible to be confident that the odds are correct. I don't understand.
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> Lottery tickets publish their odds.

"taking calculated risk" doesn't mean to calculate the risk. It means to look at whether the risk is worth taking, and only taking those that are worth.

Lottery is a bad risk - so it would be not wise to take lottery risk (as it's got a negative expectation of return).