The speaker, who claims to have made videos about lottery tickets in the past, decides to conduct an experiment where he buys hundreds of tickets that require forming words with specific letters. He travels to different cities to purchase the tickets and opens them, hoping to form the word "record". Despite spending significant money on the tickets, he is unable to form the word, leading to the conclusion that it is nearly impossible to win such a prize. The speaker uses this experiment to highlight the importance of understanding the statistics and probabilities of lottery games before participating. He emphasizes that while luck plays a part, hard work and understanding the odds are crucial for success in life.
1. The speaker made two videos about lottery tickets a year or two ago, but they didn't collect any words from the tickets they bought.
2. The speaker decided to buy a lot of kidney tickets, specifically those where they needed to form words.
3. The speaker had a dream to gain 10 million subscribers and they do everything they can to achieve this.
4. They drove around the city, but there were no tickets anywhere. They managed to buy only fun tickets in Rome and spent 20 thousand rubles on all this.
5. They had 200 tickets, but they couldn't collect the words. They had to collect only one letter, 'k', among 200 tickets.
6. They opened about 200 tickets, and found the letter 'r' in 3 tickets. They hid about 20 tickets and found several letters 'r', 'o', 'd', 's', 'e'. They practically had the word 'record', but only the first letter 'r' was missing.
7. They calculated the chances of winning based on the data written on the back of the ticket. The chance of winning five million rubles was equal to 0.1 thousandth of a percent.
8. They calculated the chances of winning different amounts of money based on the data written on the back of the ticket. The chance of winning 10,000 rubles was equal to 0.6 percent.
9. They spent 100 thousand rubles on buying tickets in different cities. They managed to buy approximately 1000 tickets, but they didn't find the letter 'p' in any of the tickets.
10. They opened the last 4 tickets, but they didn't find the letter 'k'. They opened another ticket and found the letter 'o'.
11. They found 185 letters 'e', 180 letters 'd', and approximately 270 letters 'r'.
12. They spent 35,000 out of a hundred on buying tickets. They bought 4 tickets for 1000 rubles, 23 tickets for 200 rubles, 264 tickets for 100 rubles, and 0 tickets for 10 thousand rubles.
13. The speaker concluded that it's almost impossible to find the letter 'k' in a thousand tickets, and they don't want to encourage anyone to think that lotteries are a scam.