3 papers
stat.OT2026
Tackling the 6/49 Lottery and Debunking Common Myths with Probabilistic Methods and Combinatorial Designs
Ralph Stömmer
At the end, the house always wins! This simple truth holds for all public games of chance. Nevertheless, since lotteries have existed, people have tried everything to give luck a h…
math.CO2024
On the Lottery Problem: Tracing Stefan Mandel's Combinatorial Condensation
Ralph Stömmer
Stefan Mandel is said to have won the lottery 14 times. He never disclosed the recipe he called combinatorial condensation, which enabled him to hit the Romanian lottery jackpot in…
stat.AP2022
Soccer: a quantitative analysis of team resilience and the miracle of Bern
Ralph Stömmer
Resilience is the ability to positively respond to adversity. It has been studied in psychology for several decades, with focus on how individuals overcome traumata or cope with se…