if you'd chosen to play 5 random fibonacci numbers in the appropriate range [1,56] you would have had a positive expected return in yesterday's megamillions lottery drawing the 49 and 17 (the mega number) spoiled it a bit, but still. and clearly 17 was the mega because it was july 17th, and 49 is 7^2. http://www.megamillions.com/numbers/drawDetails.asp?drawDate=7/17/2012 -- Thane Plambeck tplambeck@gmail.com http://counterwave.com/