Mobile App for Lottery Addiction
- Guided Project
- 0.8 hours
- Intermediate
- Python
Practice applying probability and combinatorics by writing Python functions to build a mobile app's core logic for estimating lottery odds.
Overview
In this project, you'll work with a medical institute to build a mobile app that helps lottery addicts better estimate their chances of winning. Using Python programming and probability skills, you'll write functions to calculate various lottery probabilities.
This practical project allows you to apply probability and combinatorics concepts to a real-world scenario. You'll build an app feature from scratch, enhancing your analytical and Python abilities while creating a unique portfolio piece.
Objective: Develop a mobile app feature that provides lottery addicts more realistic odds of winning.
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What You'll Learn
- ✓ Expand your portfolio with probability and combinatorics
- ✓ Generate business value using probability and combinatorics
Before You Start
- ✓ Estimating theoretical and empirical probabilities for experiments
- ✓ Employing addition and multiplication rules of probability
- ✓ Calculating permutations and combinations using counting techniques
- ✓ Solving complex probability problems using complements and independence
Project Steps
8 steps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Core Functions
- 3 One-ticket Probability
- 4 Historical Data Check for Canada Lottery
- 5 Function for Historical Data Check
- 6 Multi-ticket Probability
- 7 Less Winning Numbers — Function
- 8 Next Steps
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