Probability Distribution for Numbers of Winners for the $425M PB Jackpot. https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/264563 Lottery Post Forum Topic: Probability Distribution for Numbers of Winners for the $425M PB Jackpot. en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Reply #1 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/264563/3196252 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/264563/3196252 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:05:44 GMT ressuccess There will be a poll question coming up. I wonder why the Powerball Jackpot increased by $25 million

]]> ressuccess Probability Distribution for Numbers of Winners for the $425M PB Jackpot. https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/264563 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/264563 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:58:09 GMT Prob988 Powerball has just announced a larger jackpot at $425M annuity, $244.7 cash.

Based on the previous jackpot, it appears that the lottery is estimating that 110.7M tickets will sell for this drawing.

The probability of various numbers of winners, including zero winners (rollover) determined as a randomized Poisson distribution is as follows:

k, number of winners p(m,k)

0 53.17%

1 33.58%

2 10.61%

3 2.23%

4 0.35%

5 0.04

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