Poll
Question:
Do You Play The Lottery?
Option 1: Yes, Every week, the big money will come to me one day!
votes: 0
Option 2: No, The chances of me winning are too slim!
votes: 0
Option 3: Life is a lottery, why pay to play!
votes: 0
Option 4: Er, my church forbids it, but if I win, I have to give them 10%
votes: 0
Option 5: Lottery, whats that?
votes: 1
Option 6: Lotto Schmotto, I prefer the Casino!
votes: 1
Option 7: I feel like braaing this weekend!
votes: 3
Option 8: Wonder how much Mike Would sell his soul for?
votes: 0
Do You Play The Lottery?
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Wish I could, but in the land of the Men in White, this is totally illegal.
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Here's a Lotto question for the maths boff's on the forum....
Look at the results of any week's Lotto. You will see that there is on average 5 to six times more winners in the 5+bonus category, than in the jackpot (6 numbers) category.
Now here's the story....
*** If you have 5 numbers correct as well as the bonus number, you have chosen 6 numbers out of 49 correctly.
*** If you have 6 numbers correct in the jackpot, you also have chosen 6 numbers out of 49 correctly.
Now, stats people, tell me.... if in both categories you have to get 6/49 numbers correct, why, oh why, is the odds of you getting 5+bonus an incredible 5 times higher than winning the jackpot????
I worked it out, and know the answer. This is just to make you guys think a little, or let's just blame it on another conspiracy...
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Here's last Friday's Powerball results....
My maths question is regarding the Lotto. The probabilities and chances work totally different in the powerball. Don't confuss the people Mike! yellocard
Quote from: Bertie Horak on January 25, 2011, 11:37:19 AM
My maths question is regarding the Lotto. The probabilities and chances work totally different in the powerball. Don't confuss the people Mike! yellocard
Mike's no confusing us Bertie, you are ... what language are you writing in quickdop
Does'nt the Powerball work the same way?
Nope, in the powerball, the top category is 5 numbers plus the powerball = 6 balls. The next category is 5 balls only (without the powerball), etc.
That suites me just fine, as I am only playing Powerball.... Gonna fly to Ireland to visit a friend with my winings, (after Michele takes her cut!)
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Uhn! Not to give away any secrets but that lotto is to be split evenly down the middle before Michele takes her cut.........same goes this side of the ocean - we are a lotto-syndicate of 2 sorriso2
Yes!Yes! Off Course..... down the middle.... you better print this page out for proof when we have won and bought our yacht and started to sail to castaway island..... Sigh! Castaway Island...Now there's.....
You can go sailing on your own - I have big plans for my share...............Big plans - huge!!!
That's a helluva lot of chocolate Mrs Wonker! 23_146_26
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My plans don't involve chocolate - they involve Beauvalon.........ssssshhhh!
The Lotto machine and ball sets picked before each draw is used to allow for the lowest pay-out, the numbers and combinations played by the the public are recorded and the ball set that will give the least winning combinations is chosen - eg. the least balls chosen are slightly heavier than the rest and settle to the bottom where the rod pushes them up into the display area for the final numbers
my 5 cents, but I still play hoping to hit th 23_146_26e jackpot some day