Probe into Lotto players' luck

[Abe]

I don't get it.

My brain says the chances should be the same - maybe my brain is broken.

Slightly. If you look at 6 numbers you could get any number of combinations (720 of them), some of which are listed below:

1,2,3,4,5,6
6,5,4,3,2,1
3,2,1,6,5,4
etc

if you require a specific order then only 1 combination would be right.

 

[kiepie]

Do they use only six numbers?

Lets say 10 million tickets sold, i can see once in awhile 18 people getting the numbers i mean that is an amazing amount of tickets.

How many numbers do the lotteries use overseas?

I do not play the lotto because last i heard they take 60% of everything played and put back the rest, so they are taking 60 rand of the 100 rand i used to play a month.

Not cool.

Yes, it more like 36% payout ratio! I don't play either!

http://www.nationallottery.co.za/lotto_home/results.asp?type=1&ID=1299

P.S.

In the OP article this was quite funny!

Number crunchers at the Wits School of Statistics and Actuarial Science weighed up the odds and came back with more decimals than the chances of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema becoming president.

 

[Balstrome]

It's only a scam if you don't win

+1