Although it is not known if you have to buy 1, 10, or 100 scratch-off lottery tickets to get a winner, it is highly probable that if you just keep buying, eventually you will get a winner. In fact, maybe the very next ticket you buy will be a winner. Buying scratch-off lottery tickets is reinforced according to which type of schedule?

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Buying scratch-off lottery tickets is reinforced according to the variable ratio schedule, because the reinforcement (winning a prize) is delivered after an unpredictable number of responses (ticket purchases). This schedule is known to result in high rates of responding and resistance to extinction.

Although It Is Not Known If You Have to Buy