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WS More or Less: Just how lucky are regular lottery winners? Dec 04, 2017

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Are some people just very lucky? The maths suggest that is unlikely.

Just how lucky are regular lottery winners? Dec 04, 2017

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Over the last decade a number of journalists in the US have been suspicious of the number of people who seem to have won multiple prizes on scratch cards and the lottery. This week we talk to a reporter and statistician who poured over data across a number of states to work out the chances of multiple wins. Are some people just very lucky? The maths suggest that is unlikely.

Presenter and Producer: Charlotte McDonald

(Image: A customer purchasing lottery tickets at a store in San Lorenzo, California. Photo credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

WS More or Less: How Rich was Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy? Nov 26, 2017

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What the Pride and Prejudice character would have earned in today’s money.

How expensive is Italy's World Cup failure? Nov 17, 2017

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The Italians are calling it the apocalypse. Their team has failed to make it to the World Cup for the first time in 60 years. But it is about more than just national pride - there is a financial cost too. Some have suggested that it will cost FIFA $100m. Is this really true? We speak to sports writer Graham Dunbar who has been counting how much money football's world governing body might lose out on. Also we fact check the claim that 45% of Nigerian women marry before their 18th birthday. Presenter: Ruth Alexander Producer: Xavier Zapata

(Image: Alessandro Florenzi of Italy at the end of the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier play-off, November 13, 2017. Credit: Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

WS More or Less: Why Albums are Getting Longer Nov 12, 2017

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Chris Brown’s latest album is stuffed with so many songs it runs at a sprawling two hours and twenty minutes. It’s only the latest in a string of lengthy album releases that includes artists like Drake, The Weeknd and Lil B. More or Less speaks to Hugh McIntyre, a music journalist who has found out that a numerical change in the way the album charts are measured is tempting artists into making longer albums.

We also talk to Marc Hogan, a senior writer at Pitchfork, about a number that is changing the sound of pop music. You can find more of Marc Hogan's writing on pitchfork.com

Presenter: Jordan Dunbar Producer: Xavier Zapata

(Chris Brown performs onstage at 2017 BET Awards. Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)

WS More or Less: Do Nigerian lawmakers get $1.7m and do Yams cause twins? Nov 05, 2017

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Finding out if Nigerian politicians really get paid more than the American President.

WS More or Less: Novelists in numbers Oct 30, 2017

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Counting the favourite words of well-known authors: Stephen King, Hemingway and others

WS More or Less: Are US millennials more politically engaged online? Oct 20, 2017

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Did the 2016 US election galvanise young people to become more engaged in politics?

How Richard Thaler changed Economics Oct 13, 2017

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The behavioural economist who has inspired governments around the world.

WS More or Less: Kilobyte to Brontobyte Oct 10, 2017

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Naming the monster numbers - how the names of digital storage files evolved.

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