What are the chances of 666 being hit?

Reply #5

pacattack05 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:51:23 GMT

Then I suggest you open an account with that dime store. They pay $900.00 instead of 500, for a straight hit.

Reply #4

BuzzsawAnn — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:56:38 GMT

The lottery makes no sense cause it is weighted against you. More people lose than win. I gave the info as it was given to me. Argue with the mathematics, it is not a fair game.Why is when a person wins big they only give you about 1/2 of the prize

Reply #3

MADDOG10 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:34:09 GMT

close your eyes and tell me what you see.! Thats the probabilty for today....

Reply #2

ChrisH — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:15:13 GMT

That makes no sense. 666 has a 1 in a 1000 chance of hitting, the same as any other 3-digit number. In Pennsylvania 666 has hit 14 times in 29 years.

Reply #1

pacattack05 — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:06:09 GMT

Funny though, If I purchase 100 straight tickets with 666 on them,and won, It would yield $50,000.00 tax free?50 grand in the bank is evil?I don't think you'd mind taking all that evil money to your local Bank of America.

What are the chances of 666 being hit?

BuzzsawAnn — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:06:15 GMT

The exact probability of 666 being hit is the followingWhich is approximately .2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002166222683713523944720537405934866672. That's very close to 1/5. The third term in the continued fraction expansion of p[666] is 184653222869167741981875869102352405779668736930185085305398884.The probability of evilness converges quickly to 1/5, but it does so in a highly oscillatory way.So knowing this tidbit should help players avoid wasting money on no... [ More ]