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time*treat — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:45:10 GMT

In the 6/49, the odds are 6c5 * 43c1 / 49c6, or

6 (ways of choosing 5 of the numbers you played) * 43 (ways of choosing 1 number you didn't play) / 13,983,816 (possible combinations)

258 in 13,983,816 = 0.001845% , about 1 in 50,000 odds

any thoughts please

leighby — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:09:53 GMT

Hi there,

I'm a regular lottery player in the uk, and I play the same 7 lines for the uk lottery twice a week. Yesterday something strange happened and I'm hoping that I can get some feedback on here about it.

My partner works in a pub, he was working last night and when I picked him up in the early hours he gave me a completed lottery slip that he had found outside the pub and said I wonder if this person won? the actual ticket was missing though.

So I had a look at the numbers... [ More ]