Calculate odds for random picking

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nasp — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:25:00 GMT

Thank you very much for the reply. I was thiking that maybe this would have been a good way of i.e. picking 30 to 36 numbers out of the 49.

But as you explained the odds are much worse. Thank you for the explanation

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nickbrownsfan — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:07:21 GMT

your odds of doing this would probably be much worse then the actual odds of picking the correct number.

Lets examine your premis.

1st you will pick 6 draws from the past 100 simple enough. 100*99*98*97*96*95/6*5*4*3*2*1 =7152314400. Then you have the problem of having 6 sets of 5 or 6 numbers to choice from discounting doubles.

Its not really confusing on why you cant find the correct path. Your odds are against picking the correct answer and larger then just playing every combo.

Calculate odds for random picking

nasp — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:05:45 GMT

Hello,

I realize that the following scenario might sound strange but if someone has the answer it would be great. The scenario is as follows:

1. I choose the 100 latest draws from my lottery which already won the jackpot.

2. I pick 6 random draws from those 100

3. Each of these 6 draws contains one or more numbers, of the winning numbers of the next draw.

4. All 6 draws, have all the numbers of the next winning draw. What I mean is that if I choose 6 draws and all 6 draws hav... [ More ]