Well .....can a Maths master here tell me if the probability part of Mathmatics can calculate the lotto numbers going to come out every coming week with the help of old number that were declared.
Ofcourse I know if it was that easy every one will be a millionaire every Saturday.
But then not every one of us here is the Maths master also.
Means just when the probability can calculate which number on dice has the most chances to come on a throw, there must also be chances to know which lotto number has the most chances to be declared.
2007-03-09 21:35:10 · 7 answers · asked by Sonu 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If you toss a coin 1000000000 times, and all these times it comes up head, evn then the next toss is as probable of resulting in a head as is the probability of it being a tail, though some might argue that its more likely to bring up a head, and some may think that as it has already brought up heads so many times, it may bring up tails now. But the coin clearly doesn't care. Probability would be of no use here, and exactly same is the case with lotto.
But then, some games of chance do rely on probability!
2007-03-09 21:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by Shrey G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering statistics alone would tell you that the numbers chosen last week will NOT influence the probability that any specific number would be more likely to be chosen than any other. The machine does not care if a certain number was drawn last week. It is a random drawing. The fact that because a number was drawn recently in the past would influence to odds of it being drawn in the next cycle is something that humans make up to make themselves feel better about their decision.
2007-03-10 05:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by slovakmath 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know I did see on a program once that the lotto industry did know the numbers that appeared the most often,but they aint telling,If I were a lotto junky I would go back 10 years and count the numbers of all the winning pots and use the numbers that were picked the most often,if you win contact me please,I would like my fair share........
2007-03-10 05:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the lottery commissioners are doing their job correctly, then every distinct combination of lottery numbers should have the same probability of being declared. So given that this is true, there are no numbers that are more likely to win than others.
2007-03-10 06:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by racecar0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the UK lottery (6 numbers) came in my brother asked a shopkeeper to help him by filling in a slip. The shopkeeper ticked off 1,2,3,4,5,6. My brother said "That's not very likely is it?", to which shopkeeper replied "as likely as anything else".
They go to some trouble to arrange a chaotic system that to all intents and purpose is unpredictable. The frequency of numbers in previous weeks is wholly irrelevant.
2007-03-10 05:43:43 · answer #5 · answered by hustolemyname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All outcomes are equally likely -- there is no way of choosing numbers such that you increase your chance of winning
2007-03-11 14:31:56 · answer #6 · answered by sundar k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All outcomes are equally likely -- there is no way of choosing numbers such that you increase your chance of winning.
2007-03-10 05:52:51 · answer #7 · answered by MHW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋