This video attempts to intellectualize a simple gambling habit by framing it through the lens of probability and expected value. It is ultimately a performative confirmation that the house always wins, regardless of the mathematical window dressing.
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£40 mix of National Lottery scratch cards.Added:
Hello everyone, and welcome to the life of Paul. And there'll be no scratching from me, so uh if you want to sit back and enjoy >> [laughter] >> someone basically take 4 hours on a on a scratch card. Well, no, I we're not going to do that. What we're going to do is we're going to spin the camera and Rachel is >> Hello. going to do all the cards for you. Yes. So, what we got? We got one each of all the five pound cards, aren't we? Yeah.
40 quid. How much do you reckon? What do you reckon you're going to win on?
Um three in one, deal or no um maybe silver and gold. Definitely not that one, and definitely not that one.
Yeah, I look forward to that toy. No.
You're going to do it on Thursday, get out of the way.
>> Yeah. No, let's spin [laughter] the camera. Let scratching. Wish Rachel all the best of luck in the comments. Here we go, let's get scratching.
Right, so we are looking for three 10s, three 100s, or three 1 millions in each top game.
I really do not like this card. Let me just double check. Yep, so we've got a 14, 17, 110, 12, 18, 100. You want to get two rows?
You're going to get two rows? Yeah.
What do you like about it? Oh, it's just ridiculous. Yeah, waste of opportunity, wasn't it?
>> Yeah. 10, 10, 12, 19, 10. So, we have >> [laughter] >> 10 You know it, didn't you know And you can't win anything else. You can't win anything else. The whole rest of the card is pointless.
Yeah, well, we'll just quickly scratch for everybody. Just be careful with the blowing.
Oh, yeah. We have to do it anyway. Yeah, just for the completionists. Yeah.
[snorts] But a 10 pound win. Just give it a bit of a Ooh, just a little bit. I still don't like this card. You could have won the 1 million, and I still say, "Nah, don't like that card."
>> [laughter] >> All right, come on, two year. Definitely don't like this card. It just seems If you win the 500 pound on it, I am going to laugh my little socks off.
That's all I said. Oh, yeah.
All right. So, we're looking for Well, we'll do the symbol in first.
>> number is.
Triple zero. Triple zero.
So, if you get the double lightning, it's just a normal win.
Which is fairly ridiculous.
They've even got a single lightning symbol that use on different cards, don't they? Yeah.
So, we've got no um symbol. And I don't think we've got any like duplicate numbers, have we? So, our winning number is 53.
And we do not have a 53. I'm sorry.
Surprise, surprise. I'm still checking.
Oh, sorry. Don't scratch it.
>> I believe you.
>> [laughter] >> No, I think it's a dud, I don't know.
>> [snorts] >> All right. So, I'm going to pop that like that.
Pretty sure it's focus is set, isn't it?
Yeah.
So, I'm just going to go to the I know you've got it all in, but So, we've got chances with the bags. There you Is that it? Just the chances with the bags?
And a chest.
So, looking for two match symbols.
Matchy, matchy.
Oh, dear.
So, 19 is smaller than 21, 14 smaller than 27, 18 is smaller than 20. Well, there you go.
Do you know what? I'm really paranoid that I'm going to get that one. So, can you sit with this covering? Yes.
>> There you go.
It's not me. It's that little [snorts] um interval.
>> You know, I used to cut grass. I used to get grass all over my face. Oh.
>> I was like, "No." That's my fault, though.
>> Yeah, you sound so loud.
>> I know.
Right, are we in? We're in. So, it's really bad that I've done these ones, to be honest.
>> of my favorite cards, this. We are looking for pearl necklace and a bank.
Feels like you're doing two separate cards.
Got a gold cup and a wallet.
A watch and a safe.
A throne and a ring.
Camera, money tree, crown, and a VIP.
Looking for helicopter or a chest.
It's a pocket watch and a motorbike. A phone and a boat.
A nugget and earrings. A car and a diamond.
An elf and a wheel.
So, no win there. Can we get fingers?
Got a torch.
Cloud, glasses, and a passport.
Another ticket.
Millionaire Maker.
So, we are looking for 27 or 28.
31, 23, 38, 32, eight, nine, two, 33, 1, and 29.
>> Ah, I thought I was winning for a second.
So, let's have Let's go all the way.
Ooh, triple. Come on, triple. Oh.
So, we've got a chance with two gold cups and two briefcases and two motorbikes.
So, gold cup, gold cup, and a nugget.
Briefcase, briefcase, holidays, bike, bike, and a bank. Ooh, dear. I know, we're not doing too well. We started off on the worst card. But, the two cards you said you were going to win on are coming up.
>> Yeah.
That is true. Right, so I don't think I've done this one. I'm not sure.
So, we're looking for eight.
Nine.
14.
28. And seven.
That's crap.
Six and five is 11.
Nine and two is 11. Ooh, look. I'm coming with my maths.
>> [laughter] >> So, 21 is smaller than 24.
14 is smaller than 17.
So, can we get a winning symbol?
So, we're looking for the royal.
VIP.
Camera.
Gold cup.
House.
Safe.
Money tree. Oh. And rings. Oh, no, no, no. All right. Let's [laughter] hope you're right on your Deal or no deal.
I'll move it up. I'll go so far and then You said I did well on these today.
Yeah.
So, I'm not going to read the symbols on this one.
Just because Like that. What is that? A lightning.
That's a bit weird.
You know when I go on Tipping Point.
I thought I'd be standing behind.
Oh, that's going there. There's no matches on that first bit.
Can we find a match?
>> [music] >> No. Dear. Can we find a 10?
No, 12. 20, no, 21. 50, no, 58.
>> Oh, no.
These are the cards you chose as well, weren't they? Where you was lucky the other day with the ones that you chose.
Yeah, I think my two lucky shots were that and this were in Tesco.
Yeah, but I didn't fancy walking there in this heat. No.
And star and planet.
Bin bag and a crown.
Clover and a hat.
See, I wouldn't have called that a hat.
I'd have called it a speech bubble.
I called it a little little duck.
>> Apple and a key.
There's too many. I don't think we're going to diamond.
Oh, it did actually.
>> [laughter] >> Normally, when it teases like that and gives you Ooh, is that you realize what you got?
You got a a winner at the start and winner at the end. Yeah. Let's hope this is something good.
Right, let's do bingo.
So, 1 and 12.
That's 12 there.
So, 20 and 45.
20 45.
68 72 Ooh, come on 57.
For 50 quid and then that can be 50 quid.
And then we can all then we can all go home. 68 72 And 49 59 49 59 36 and 70 25 and 30 We just need 43 on that one.
7 and 50 We need 21 there.
7 and 50 31 and 61 5 and 26 17 and 10 So, no win on bingo unfortunately.
Made number 9 there, but that'd be a nice £1,000.
Right, T O and J.
It's O.
T Ooh T So, no J's.
H and P L V and F. L V and F.
Y Z and C Y I R and E >> [music] >> and S D and U S So what's today?
No.
Ooh, what's it going to be?
Oh, please don't be seven.
It is seven.
>> [laughter] >> one one I always say this, yeah. I was really hoping it would be a five and then you'd be like, "Ooh, I wish it was a seven."
>> [laughter] >> Well, what What did What did we have?
Uh 40 pound. 40 pound Yeah, ooh. So 40 pound spent and we've got 7 pound win here and a 10 pound win >> [laughter] >> on my lottery ticket and so that's 17 pound back from 40 pound, which is 20 3 pound down.
Woohoo, go on me and my maths. I'm on a roll. Do what? The way when when you said 23 down, woohoo like that, yeah, I honestly thought, "Why are you happy that we got 23 pound down?"
>> No, I'm not happy that >> Happy at your maths. Yeah, I'm happy at my maths. Yeah. No. Cuz my maths is terrible. And ironically, the card you hate the most I know. What's the card that gave you the biggest win? Yeah.
Isn't that always the way? It is.
But yeah, but anyway, I hope you enjoyed seeing little me scratch the cards instead of me.
You might see a few other videos like that because for 2 weeks I am out of action. Yeah. It doesn't stop me from buying duds. I can still go out and buy duds, but I just can't [laughter] scratch them.
All right. Yeah. What day are you on of your arm? Day three? No, day Yeah, day one, day two, yeah, three.
Day three. Oh, two and a half.
Mhm. Two and a half. Day two and a half.
How bad are you? Oh my good god. I was bored in an hour. I know. As soon as you came home from the hospital, it was bad.
Mhm.
And I started doing stuff and you told me off, didn't you? Yes, I did tell you off. I know I did. This is what I was doing, wasn't Yes, and I told you off.
Ha.
>> [laughter] >> I was like And it but it's not that that fact that you can't do anything. It's fact that you need to rest your arm like they've told you. I know. I know. I know. I'm a bad boy. If all of a sudden you get a pause voice for a while and it's just me on the videos all together, you know I've gagged him and shoved him in a cupboard somewhere.
Just Just in the comments say Paul behave yourself. There you go. Yeah.
[laughter] All right. Anyway, look after yourself and those you love and we'll see you again soon. Bye. Scratch scratch scratch every day on the line. Join life of Paul, we're all doing fine. [music] Win or lose, it's all good. Share with [singing] Paul the myth, we'll always be here. So here's [music] to you, Paul, it's not a dream for the thrill and fun and the mystery. We win, we lose, it's all small, [music] but we've got the laughs and that's worth it all.
>> [music] [music]
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