loterie_draws: French Lottery Winning Draws 1758-1834
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Description
The winning draws for the French lottery, 1758-1834. Each drawing consisted of drawing five balls without replacement, from a bin of balls numbered 1 to 90. Players could place bets by specifying a set of numbers, which had different names and payoffs based on the number specified.
name number correct payoff
quine five 1,000,000
quaterne four 75,000
terne three 5,000
ambe two 270
extrait one 15
Usage
1
Format
A data frame with 6606 rows and 5 columns.
name type description
X1 "integer" First number
X2 "integer" Second number
X3 "integer" Third number
X4 "integer" Fourth number
X5 "integer" Fifth number
Source
http://www.stat.uchicago.edu/~stigler/French_Lottery_Data.html
References
Stephen M. Stigler. 2003. “Casanova, Bonaparte and the Loterie de France”, Journal de la Soci<c3><a9>t<c3><a9> Fran<c3><a7>aise de Statistique
Stigler, Stephen M. The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom, p. 166-170.
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Description Usage Format Source References
Description
The winning draws for the French lottery, 1758-1834. Each drawing consisted of drawing five balls without replacement, from a bin of balls numbered 1 to 90. Players could place bets by specifying a set of numbers, which had different names and payoffs based on the number specified.
| name | number correct | payoff |
| quine | five | 1,000,000 |
| quaterne | four | 75,000 |
| terne | three | 5,000 |
| ambe | two | 270 |
| extrait | one | 15 |
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 6606 rows and 5 columns.
| name | type | description |
X1 | "integer" | First number |
X2 | "integer" | Second number |
X3 | "integer" | Third number |
X4 | "integer" | Fourth number |
X5 | "integer" | Fifth number |
Source
http://www.stat.uchicago.edu/~stigler/French_Lottery_Data.html
References
Stephen M. Stigler. 2003. “Casanova, Bonaparte and the Loterie de France”, Journal de la Soci<c3><a9>t<c3><a9> Fran<c3><a7>aise de Statistique
Stigler, Stephen M. The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom, p. 166-170.
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