An independent city in Virginia, United States. / A census-designated place, the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska. / A city, the county seat of Menard County, Illinois.

A borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The borough seat is in Petersburg.

Alternative form of Saint Petersburg / A federal city of Russia, formerly Petrograd and Leningrad / A city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.

A federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad, and former capital of Russia (1713–1728, 1732–1918). / Alternative form of St. Petersburg

Alternative form of Saint Petersburg / Alternative form of St. Petersburg

A paradox, related to probability, where the expected win for repeated play of a game is infinite, so it seems that a player should be willing to pay any price to take part.

The theoretical lottery game in the St. Petersburg paradox.

(economics) The paradox raised by a particular (theoretical) lottery game that leads to a random variable with infinite expected value (i.e. infinite expected payoff) but nevertheless seems to be worth only a very small amount to the participants.

plural of St. Petersburg lottery

plural of St. Petersburg paradox