STA 290 Seminar: Stephen Stigler

SPEAKER: Stephen Stigler (Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago)

TITLE: "Casanova’s Lottery: The History of a Revolutionary Game of Chance"

ABSTRACT: The story of a unique French lottery (an ancestor of modern Lotto) that flourished from 1758 to 1836 is outlined, and some contributions to the theory of chance, including the Law of the Maturity of Chance, will be presented, as well as some other stories.

Faculty webpage: https://stat.uchicago.edu/people/profile/stephen-m-stigler/ 

DATE/TIME: Thursday May 26, 2022, 4:10pm PST

This seminar will be presented in-person at MSB 1147 (Colloquium Room). Please join us for refreshments in the courtyard at 3:30pm.