Strange lotto results

[gboy]

So last night was the powerball jackpot of 114 million.

Now the chances of winning the powerball is astronomical. But this morning I see results that 20 tickets have won. I am not a mathematics genius but the odds must be the same as an ant getting an astrophysics degree.

Am I the only one who finds this odd?

 

[KleinBoontjie]

So last night was the powerball jackpot of 114 million.

Now the chances of winning the powerball is astronomical. But this morning I see results that 20 tickets have won. I am not a mathematics genius but the odds must be the same as an ant getting an astrophysics degree.

Am I the only one who finds this odd?

Linky

 

[backstreetboy]

Mafia news... Should just let the ANC do the news.

 

[quovadis]

So last night was the powerball jackpot of 114 million.

Now the chances of winning the powerball is astronomical. But this morning I see results that 20 tickets have won. I am not a mathematics genius but the odds must be the same as an ant getting an astrophysics degree.

Am I the only one who finds this odd?

The 20 people winning isn't the issue. The 5,6,7,8,9 and Powerball 10 is the anomaly.

 

[/dev/null]

LOL. 05 06 07 08 09 powerbal 10

Amazing that only 20 people played these numbers. I thought it would be thousands.

 

[sensus communis]

The system is rigged , why else close the lotto hour before the draw . Need to load different weight balls

 

[Herr der Verboten]

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[quovadis]

The system is rigged , why else close the lotto hour before the draw . Need to load different weight balls

It's an electronic draw. Not physical machines/balls anymore. ie. RNG

 

[Herr der Verboten]

The system is rigged , why else close the lotto hour before the draw . Need to load different weight balls

Better Call Saul is that you?

 

[Azbubu]

That’s very strange. It goes weeks with no one winning and suddenly 20 people? Also the numbers.

 

[Messugga]

The 20 people winning isn't the issue. The 5,6,7,8,9 and Powerball 10 is the anomaly.

How so?

 

[cenredash]

That’s very strange. It goes weeks with no one winning and suddenly 20 people? Also the numbers.

Agreed. Xmas bonus. How many government ministries are there?

 

[Dairyfarmer]

Wow, 19 of my tickets won then?

 

[Herr der Verboten]

That’s very strange. It goes weeks with no one winning and suddenly 20 people? Also the numbers.

Nice Christmas payout

 

[Azg]

Suspicious indeed. Convenient way of reducing the payout. Instead of paying out R114 million they only need to pay out R10 or 15 million maybe.

 

[SafariTin]

Suspicious indeed. Convenient way of reducing the payout. Instead of paying out R114 million they only need to pay out R10 or 15 million maybe.

I'm also no maths genius, but I'm pretty sure 20 x R5.7m = R114m?

 

[Azbubu]

I'm also no maths genius, but I'm pretty sure 20 x R5.7m = R114m?

I think he’s implying that the numbers have been exaggerated.

 

[Sinbad]

The 20 people winning isn't the issue. The 5,6,7,8,9 and Powerball 10 is the anomaly.

There's exactly as much chance of that coming up as any other combination of numbers

 

[Polymathic]

That’s very strange. It goes weeks with no one winning and suddenly 20 people? Also the numbers.

Your problem is that the human brain doesn't really understand the concept of random.

 

[quovadis]

There's exactly as much chance of that coming up as any other combination of numbers

Sure, it's still an anomaly though.