Statistics. Sometimes stats can be confusing and sometimes betting can be counter intuitive (look at the Monty Hall Problem but be careful, though, as it may give you a headache) but often it's quite simple. If you double your chances you halve the odds of you losing.
So, yes, if you have 1 Lottery ticket and the chances of winning are 1 in 76 Million then if you buy another ticket (hopefully with a different combination) then you do indeed now have a 2 in 76 Million, or 1 in 38 Million chance of winning.
A forum over at Football 365 takes this simple truth and, quite hilariously, denies it. For 16 pages...
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