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Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in N.Y.

Jul 28, 2004, 8:31 am

Mega MillionsMega Millions: Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in N.Y.

A single ticket sold in Staten Island, New York, has matched the winning combination in the latest Mega Millions lottery drawing and is worth $10 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot stays at $10 million for Friday's game.

Tuesday's winning ticket had all five lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball.

Thirty-four tickets matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball: 3 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 3 from Maryland, 5 from Michigan, 4 from New Jersey, 6 from New York, 4 from Ohio and 7 from Virginia.  Each ticket is worth $175,000.

Eighteen tickets matched four numbers plus the Mega Ball, and are worth $5,000 each.

The winning numbers from Tuesday night's drawing were eight, 10, 11, 13 and 24.  The Mega Ball number was 46.

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Zeno
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Posted: July 29, 2004, 12:37 pm - IP Logged

Anybody else notice this?  The number of $175,000 winners was WAY more than what was mathematically expected.  The probability of there being 34 winners is given a good approximation by the Poisson distribution formula.

260,317 * 43 = 11,193,631 tickets sold.  So n = 11,193,631

n*p = (11,193,631/2,649,920) = 4.224 expected number of winners.

So the probability of there being 34 winners is: ((4.224)^34 * e^-4.224)/34!

which is 9.3323 * 10^-20 or 0.000000000000000000093323

It appears we have just witnessed the impossible!

    Todd
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    Posted: July 29, 2004, 1:00 pm - IP Logged

    You posted this same message on another thread - no need to post one message multiple times.

     

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      Zeno
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      Posted: July 29, 2004, 5:47 pm - IP Logged

      Sorry Todd, I guess I got a li

        CASH Only

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        Posted: August 2, 2004, 4:07 pm - IP Logged

        Let's hope he/she/they chose CASH (in NY you still have to choose when you PLAY).

          lottoscorp

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          Posted: August 2, 2004, 4:17 pm - IP Logged

          Gee all...

            CASH Only

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            Posted: August 11, 2004, 4:21 pm - IP Logged

            Not me either.

               
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