What the Euro 2020 Panini sticker album can teach us about probability

By Craig Anderson, Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow

Some of my earliest football memories come from the 1994 World Cup, when my dad helped four-year-old me complete the tournament sticker album. Romario, Gheorghe Hagi and Roberto Baggio were the stars, but names like Marco Etcheverry, John Harkes and Marco Pascolo are every bit as memorable to me – since they helped me complete that book.

Now, almost 30 years later, many children around the world will be collecting stickers during the Euro 2020 tournament.

Sticker albums are a curious yet enduring part of…

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