How Many Number Combinations Were Sold For Saturday's Draw?

Reply #13

TRUEBELIEVER — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:11:02 GMT

I read some where online that only 80% of combinations were bought

Reply #12

savagegoose — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:47:21 GMT

if you know what percent f purchases goes to the jackpot then the mount of the jackpot increase tells you how much was spent then just divide tht y 2 for how many tickets where sold

Reply #11

SilverLion — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:28:21 GMT

Thanks. So ten lower than normal or what probability would dictate. That's quite a substantial deficiency considering the number of combination sold.

I think also that the quantity of combinations sold for any particular draw can be very misleading in regards to the chance that a JP will be hit. Especially

without a real lexigraphic distribution count. This is something that MUSL might have to do if the Jackpot continues to roll for many drawings without a winner.

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Reply #10

KY Floyd — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:15:50 GMT

There were fewer 5+0 winners than suggested by probability. Since there are 11,238,513 possible combinations for the 5 regular balls, probability suggests there will be 1 ticket matching all 5 numbers for every 11,238,513 sold. Since there's a chance that any ticket matching the 5 regular numbers will also match the powerball the odds of only having the 5+0 match is a bit lower at 1 in 11,688,053.52.

With 440.3 million tickets sold probability suggests that there will be 440,300,000/11,688,05... [ More ]

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dddwww — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:59:08 GMT

Reply #8

SilverLion — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:46:56 GMT

What do you mean by low side? How many were there

Reply #7

Stack47 — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:14:28 GMT

There are 11,238,513 combinations in a 5/69 matrix and using that ratio, there should be 39 (440 million divided by 11,238,513) five number matches. Saturday's drawing was on the low side, but still in standard deviation range. There is no guarantee if 500 million tickets are sold the jackpot will be won, but likely with a 85% chance.

Reply #6

KY Floyd — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:29:22 GMT

There's no way to know for sure how many distinct combinations were sold

Sure there is. Every single play is registered, so there's are databases that contain all the necessary information. The question is how much attention the states and/or MUSL pay to those details, and how much they're interested in releasing to the public. We occasionally see snippets of info about some combinations being played excessively, so they obviously pay some attention to that.

The information I've seen sugg... [ More ]

Reply #5

Murgatroyd — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:23:11 GMT

LA Times is wrong. That's the approximate total number of tickets that have been sold since the last time someone won. The number sold for the most recent drawing was around 440 million. There's no way to know for sure how many distinct combinations were sold, but probabilistically speaking, it was likely around 78% of all possible combinations, or about 227 million.

And there's nothing preventing some group from buying all possible combinations, except for the logistical issues involved... [ More ]

Reply #4

grwurston — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:15:11 GMT

The LA Times said 1 billion tickets were sold. I googled that question earlier today. As far as how many of the combos, I don't know.

Reply #3

Redd55 — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 13:25:53 GMT

I believe that somebody mentioned days ago when the pot was much smaller that 64% of the combinations were sold. Dont know if true or what the ultimate sale was.

Reply #2

BrunoDog4 — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 13:15:13 GMT

Great question. Did they abolish allowing syndicates from buying all tickets guaranteeing them a win? I know 20 or so years ago an Australian Syndicate did just that.

Reply #1

CARBOB — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:55:28 GMT

I have always wondered, how many different combinations, are produced for each draw?? They must have the ability to pick and choose ranges, to print or not.

How Many Number Combinations Were Sold For Saturday's Draw?

Redd55 — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:50:50 GMT

Anybody know