Lottery mathematics

Reply #6

Just6ntlc — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:39:24 GMT

Thanks for giving me the possible information! That way, I can make my own Super Lotto Plus picks if any Mega Millions or Powerball draw does fit into the 5/47+1/27 combination.

Reply #5

RJOh — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:41:13 GMT

Sometimes if you want to understand how statistic works you've got to read stuff that's over your head but if you do enough research you will finally understand it. When I wrote a program calculated odd both the regular and keno way to learn both.

combination size 3-20 6

basic number pool to 80 49

(B) bonus numbers? (n/y) none

smallest match 0

number of chances per play 1

possible combos of 6 with 49 numbers are 13983816

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Reply #4

johnph77 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:33:09 GMT

There are 175,711,536 possible combinations in MegaMillions.

There are 146,107,962 possible combinations in PowerBall.

There are 41,416,353 possible combinations in CA SuperLottoPlus, and all possible combinations in that lottery can also fall in both MegaMillions and PowerBall.

Therefore:

23.57% of MegaMillions combinations are possible within CA SLP, with odds of 1::4.24 of that occurance.

28.34% of PowerBall combinations are possible within CA SLP, with odds of 1::3.52 of that occura... [ More ]

Reply #3

Just6ntlc — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:55:33 GMT

I have some questions. What are the odds of having a Mega Millions draw (5/56+1/46) become a California Super Lotto Plus Pick (5/47+1/27)? What are the odds of having a Powerball draw (5/55+1/42) become a California Super Lotto Plus Pick (5/47+1/27)? I need to know the exact percentage of a MM and PB draw to become a CA SLP pick.

Reply #2

johnph77 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:47:15 GMT

Somehow this link got deleted from my math page. It gives the formulas, possibilities and odds for all hits in all possible lottery matrices from 2/2 to 7/100. There are two charts - scroll down on the page to view the chart for bonus ball lotteries.

http://www.johnph77.com/math/lo.html

Non-commercial, no ads, nothing to sell, for informational purposes only.

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Reply #1

psykomo — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:05:24 GMT

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Lottery mathematics

four4me — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:58:35 GMT

i found this the other day. it's way over my head.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article discusses the way to calculate various probabilities in a lottery game in which one selects 6 numbers from 49, and hopes that as many of those 6 as possible match the 6 that are randomly selected from the same pool of 49 numbers in the draw .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery_mathematics