If you were to choose consecutive lottery numbers, people would think you are mad - but there is just as much chance of the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 being drawn as any other set of numbers - but has it ever happened?
2006-08-31 04:32:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
Six consecutive numbers (11-12-13-14-15-16, for example) have never been drawn in any state or international Lotto game. Even five consecutive numbers is a very rare occurrence. In most Lotto games, it has never happened even once.
2006-08-31 04:40:10 · answer #1 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The odds of the same numbers being chosen twice are not the same as the odds for two different sets of numbers being chosen. The odds of 2, 14, 17, 24, 30, 33 being chosen is 14,000,000:1. The odds of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 being chosen is 14,000,000:1. The odds of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 being (effectively) chosen is (14,000,000 x 14,000,000):1. EDIT @ Lefty - This is not wrong, the sequence of numbers was specified in the question. The probability of the same numbers being drawn twice is higher than the probability of two random sets of numbers. It is also the same as the probability of one person winning the jackpot two weeks running.
2016-03-27 02:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-31 07:27:44 · answer #3 · answered by ps2gamingaddict 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it happened once in 1978?????
2006-09-03 23:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by laurentotty2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋