2007-05-14 04:53:10 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Odds of winning 14 million -1
Chance of winning, Bob Hope, no hope!
2007-05-14 04:55:14 · answer #1 · answered by Stu pid 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The chances of 6 successes from 6 balls drawn in the lottery is as follows 6/49 x 5/48 x 4/47 x 3/46 x 2/45 x 1/44. The chances of drawing 3 out of 6 would be 6/49 x 5/48 x 4/47 x 43/46 x 42/45 x 41/44 x 20. The first 3 fractions are for success in drawing 3 and the next 3 fractions are for "unsuccess" as, having already drawn three, you do not wish to draw any more, (if the matter under consideration is drawing 3 only). And since there are 20 ways in which 3 numbers can be taken from 6 i.e. 6/1 x 5/2 x 4/3 = 20, the chance of drawing 3 numbers in the lottery comprises the above formula = 0.0176504 which is roughly 55 to 1. You can use the same principles as above to calculate the odds of getting 4 or 5 up.
2007-05-14 21:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Eddie D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a typical 6 from 49 lotto, 6 numbers are drawn from 49 and if the 6 numbers on a ticket match the numbers drawn, the ticket holder is a jackpot winner - this is true regardless of the order in which the numbers are drawn. The odds of being the jackpot winner are approximately 1 in 14 million (13,983,816 to be exact). The derivation of this result (and other winning scores) is shown in the Lottery mathematics article. To put these odds in context, suppose one buys one lottery ticket per week. 13,983,816 weeks is roughly 269,000 years; In the quarter-million years of play, one would only expect to win the jackpot once
2007-05-14 04:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by thatsnotevenaquestion 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Jackpot - 6 Numbers
6 numbers are drawn at random from the set of integers between 1 and 49, which means there are 49!/(6!*(49-6)!) combinations of numbers - this means that the jackpot chance is 1 in 13,983,816 or approximately 1 in 14 million.
2007-05-14 04:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by Superdog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The odds of any national lottery:
You are more likely to die on your way to purchase the lottery ticket than winning the lottery jackpot.
2007-05-14 05:27:49 · answer #5 · answered by coldrain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The odds of guessing all 5 numbers and Thunderball correctly are 1 in 3,895,584
The odds of guessing all 6 numbers in the Irish Lotto correctly are 1 in 8,145,060
The odds of guessing all 7 numbers in Dream Number correctly are 1 in 10,000,000
The odds of guessing all 6 numbers correctly in the UK Lotto draw are 1 in 13,983,816
The odds of guessing all 5 numbers and 2 lucky stars in Euromillions are 1 in 76,275,360
2007-05-14 05:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by bo b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 in 176 million for the big game jackpot. You have to pick 5 random numbers on top of picking that 6th money ball number which could be the same as any of your original 5.
2007-05-18 17:35:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to simple2play.com the online draw on their site. It won't make you a millionaire, but the odds off winning is a whole lot better, and you could win some spending money.
2007-05-14 15:09:36 · answer #8 · answered by Curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of winning the top prize [6 numbers] - about one in fourteen million.
Or put it another way, about the chance that you'll be murdered by a vegetarian in any one year.
2007-05-14 04:55:40 · answer #9 · answered by Lobster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last time I heard it was 14 million to 1
2007-05-14 04:55:28 · answer #10 · answered by Barbara Doll to you 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋