2007-01-20 10:33:05 · 12 answers · asked by tony j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The winning combination. Technically, there are an infinite number of combinations, which is what they rely upon. They use special machines designed to choose numbers randomly so that you cannot guess or foresee the winning numbers. It is purely by chance that anyone wins.
2007-01-20 10:39:21 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean, how many possible national lottery number combinations are there that you could play?
In the National Lottery (which is outside of my country, but I looked up the details), a player chooses 6 different numbers between 1 and 49. So you can pick one of 49 different numbers for your first choice, one of the remaining 48 for your second choice, one of the remaining 47 for the third, etc. But this includes all the different ways you can arrange 6 numbers, so we have to divide by the number of arrangements you can have for each of these. So the answer is 49*48*47*46*45*44 / (6!) = 10,068,347,520 / (6*5*4*3*2) = 13,983,816.
2007-01-20 11:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Picking 6 numbered balls from 49 (all numbered consecutively) without replacing them. How many combinations are there? First ball has 49 choices. Second ball has 48 choices. Third ball has 47 choices. Fourth ball has 46 choices. Fifth ball has 45 choices. Sixth ball has 44 choices. Total is 49 x 48 x 47 x 46 x 45 x 44= 10 068 347 520.
2016-05-24 02:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any combination of 6 numbers could win, though only one will each draw. This is different from saying how many winners there were s there could have been more than one ticket with the same combination.
2007-01-20 19:43:55 · answer #4 · answered by crazy_tentacle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 14 million.
It's the number of possible combinations of numbers.
2007-01-20 10:54:34 · answer #5 · answered by feeltherisingbuzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only one...because only one combination is the correct combination to win
2007-01-20 10:35:49 · answer #6 · answered by hambone65 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are 14million jackpot winning combinations
2007-01-20 21:59:26 · answer #7 · answered by ginger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. But if you have the winning combination, can I have it? Please?
2007-01-20 22:00:26 · answer #8 · answered by jumpingjacksgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
49x48x47x46.....x2
I think it works out at close to 14 million.
2007-01-20 10:41:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
14, 000,000.
2007-01-20 15:21:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋