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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
Is that really the definition of luck? That definition misses a whole bunch of important factors. By your definition if I buy a lotto ticket for $10 and win $20 my luck would be equal to buying a $10 lotto ticket and winning $10 000 000. Each win is one win above expected.
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In each of those instances you are lucky. The latter is far more lucky than the former given the distribution of lottery payouts.