Lottery (or simply Lotto): Science of Numbers

[kobmat]

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Here are the probabilities of hitting the jackpot on lotto variants if assuming you place a bet on just one combination

6/42 = 1/nCr = 42!/(6!(42-6)!) = 1/5,245,786

6/45 = 1/nCr = 45!/(6!(45-6)!) = 1/8,145,060

6/49 = 1/nCr = 49!/(6!(49-6)!) = 1/13,983,816

About

-betting on lucky pick(randomly generated numbers) in every game?

Your combination has the same chances as every other combination out there. But i think if your combination is picked randomly, there is a greater chance that you are the only winner for the jackpot. Why i say that is cause people cant truly pick a random number no matter how we try, we have biases and we tend to go for numbers that is based on bdays and whatever. We also tend to spread that numbers out, but in a truly random number some of it will have consecutive numbers.

So if ever you are betting on lotto, i suggest change one number to greater than 31 and change another number and have it be consecutive to one of the digits youve picked. it will give you much better chance of being a lone winner of the jackpot, if ever your combination is picked.

[dexlimp]

an interesting topic indeed..i also read an article few months ago..

Spoiler! 

THIS IS A VERY HUMILIATING STORY....... .........

To All Filipino Overseas Workers (OFW'S):

The Financial Analyst of World Bank would like to inform each and
everyone of you that the present currency exchange rate of US Dollar
to Peso is actually $1 = 52 Pesos.
Your government is manipulating the exchange rate for some years now.
It is very much improbable and
impossible that the Philippine Peso is appreciating compare to Euro,
British Pound, Rials, and any other foreign currency. Even your ASEAN
neighboring countries are suffering from the Global Crisis.
Singapore , a developed country is affected by depreciation of their
currency what more of your country?

We admire you for your hard work but we also pity you for having such
a very corrupt government that is taking advantage of your hard earned
money.

The ARROYO ADMINISTRATION is blatantly milking each and every OFW's
all over the world of billions of pesos for its own greedy, selfish
ends. Investigations reveal that this milked money from OFWs will be
spent to BRIBE not only PGMA's pet CROCODILES in CONGRESS but some in
the SENATE as well for her to PERPETUATE IN POWER BEYOND 2010. The
rest would be deposited to the family's SECRET ACCOUNT in Switzerland
.

Another money-making scheme is the LOTTERY
DRAWS.. Filipinos should be aware that all LOTTO
DRAWS are orchestrated, and big money goes to the two sons of the lady
president. Recent example is the SUPER LOTTO 6/49 draw, where
supposedly two individuals from Luzon won. Do you know WHO these
individuals are? It's Mikey and Datu, who else? One might ask how
could the draw be rigged when it is being televised in front of
millions of viewers. The answer is simple. As you all know, all bet
combinations are being entered into PCSO's main data base as it is
on-line, therefore, it is easy to determine which combinations were
NOT betted upon. If they want to raise big money, no winners will be
declared until the JACKPOT reaches sky-high because they could dictate
the outcome at will.
When it's "HARVEST TIME", viola, there would be "winner or winners"
and the process repeats all over again. One might ask how this is
being done. One insider told our investigators that actually the
"DRAWN BALLS", six balls to be exact, are the
only set which could fit into the transparent tube which sucks the
balls up. All others are slightly
bigger than the diameter of the tube which could not be distinguished
by the viewers, therefore, there's no way they could be drawn! You
Filipinos are being skinned alive, fried in your own fat and lard by
your own government. Do you ever wonder why
president-elect BARACK OBAMA, avoids your president like a stinking leper?

i forgot where i read this article f it's here in iStorya or other sites..i just copy paste it and save it in MS Word hehehe..

the author maybe just an anti-GMA

[kobmat]

a ridiculous question, could you actually win if your numbers are consecutive to each other? (01 02 03 04 05 06, etc...)

I don't see why not, as far as combinations is concerned that is a valid one and it has the same chance of getting picked as any other combination. It is only us who place special value to that combination. Still it would be awesome to see those numbers as winning lotto numbers.

[kit_cebu]

pure luck... someone from pasil found a lottery ticket that hit the jackpot...
see? he did not even buy a friggin ticket... probabilities? try betting 13 million pesos and see if you can win... a sane person would not...

[romano2717]

ms taas pa ang chance na makilatan ka kaysa mka daog sa lotto. lisod jd daogon ang lotto oi

[likyam]

whatever my chances, i still bet the lotto.

[INFRACTION]

kutob ra gani ko 100 daug... 5 combinations pa gyud akong pusta....

puros random generated numbers mayta maka daug lang kog 5numbers lipay na kaua ko

but still boils down to slim chances of winning

[fritzd]

hmmmmmm... Nindut bitaw gyud kung magdaog ug lotto.. pero in this case, its either luck or no luck. And mas dako ang chance for no luck. hehehe!

an interesting topic indeed..i also read an article few months ago..

Spoiler! 

THIS IS A VERY HUMILIATING STORY....... .........

To All Filipino Overseas Workers (OFW'S):

The Financial Analyst of World Bank would like to inform each and
everyone of you that the present currency exchange rate of US Dollar
to Peso is actually $1 = 52 Pesos.
Your government is manipulating the exchange rate for some years now.
It is very much improbable and
impossible that the Philippine Peso is appreciating compare to Euro,
British Pound, Rials, and any other foreign currency. Even your ASEAN
neighboring countries are suffering from the Global Crisis.
Singapore , a developed country is affected by depreciation of their
currency what more of your country?

We admire you for your hard work but we also pity you for having such
a very corrupt government that is taking advantage of your hard earned
money.

The ARROYO ADMINISTRATION is blatantly milking each and every OFW's
all over the world of billions of pesos for its own greedy, selfish
ends. Investigations reveal that this milked money from OFWs will be
spent to BRIBE not only PGMA's pet CROCODILES in CONGRESS but some in
the SENATE as well for her to PERPETUATE IN POWER BEYOND 2010. The
rest would be deposited to the family's SECRET ACCOUNT in Switzerland
.

Another money-making scheme is the LOTTERY
DRAWS.. Filipinos should be aware that all LOTTO
DRAWS are orchestrated, and big money goes to the two sons of the lady
president. Recent example is the SUPER LOTTO 6/49 draw, where
supposedly two individuals from Luzon won. Do you know WHO these
individuals are? It's Mikey and Datu, who else? One might ask how
could the draw be rigged when it is being televised in front of
millions of viewers. The answer is simple. As you all know, all bet
combinations are being entered into PCSO's main data base as it is
on-line, therefore, it is easy to determine which combinations were
NOT betted upon. If they want to raise big money, no winners will be
declared until the JACKPOT reaches sky-high because they could dictate
the outcome at will.
When it's "HARVEST TIME", viola, there would be "winner or winners"
and the process repeats all over again. One might ask how this is
being done. One insider told our investigators that actually the
"DRAWN BALLS", six balls to be exact, are the
only set which could fit into the transparent tube which sucks the
balls up. All others are slightly
bigger than the diameter of the tube which could not be distinguished
by the viewers, therefore, there's no way they could be drawn! You
Filipinos are being skinned alive, fried in your own fat and lard by
your own government. Do you ever wonder why
president-elect BARACK OBAMA, avoids your president like a stinking leper?

i forgot where i read this article f it's here in iStorya or other sites..i just copy paste it and save it in MS Word hehehe..

the author maybe just an anti-GMA

Wow, I didn't know about this.

[nirdle_phogi]

tip sa masiao na lang..

[leo_patrick123]

Mao mao ________