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Euler's Analysis of the Genoese Lottery - References

Author(s): 
Robert E. Bradley
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  7. Bellhouse, D. R., "The Genoese Lottery," Statistical Science, 6 (1991), 141-148.
  8. New York Lottery, www.nylottery.org.
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  11. Euler, Leonard, "Réflexions sur une espèce singulière de loterie nommée loterie Génoise," p. 466, in Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, vol. I.7, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1923.
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  14. Euler, Leonard, "Sur la probablilité des séquences dans la lotterie Génoise," p. 113, in Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, vol. I.7, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1923.
  15. Euler, Leonard, "Solutio quarundam quaestionum difficiliorum in calculo probabilium," p. 408, in Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia, vol. I.7, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1923.
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Robert E. Bradley, "Euler's Analysis of the Genoese Lottery - References," Convergence (August 2010)