100 Year old hat rack puzzle https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/232730 Lottery Post Forum Topic: 100 Year old hat rack puzzle en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Reply #1 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/232730/2094696 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/232730/2094696 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:03:05 GMT RJOh I'm just wondering if this could be modified and applied to lotto, to a playslip somehow.

Ohio's Classic Lotto(6/49) playslip has a 10x5 grid with the spot for the 50 blank. I suppose you could use a 7x7 grid to pick/layout your numbers and then tranfer them to the regular play slip.

]]> RJOh 100 Year old hat rack puzzle https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/232730 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/232730 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:48:02 GMT Coin Toss From puzzle master Will shortz

This Hat Rack Puzzle by Sam Lloyd was published 100 years ago in Woman's Home Companion: A hat room contains a wall with 49 pegs, arranged in a 7-by-7 square. The hat clerk has 20 hats that are to be hung on 20 different pegs. How many lines, containing four hats in a straight line, is it possible to produce? A line can go in any direction: horizontally, vertically or obliquely. To explain your answer, number the pegs in order, from 1 in the upper left corner to... [ More ]

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