Can't Figure CA Super Lotto Odds

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dragon — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 06:48:51 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by tsai3904 on July 01, 2004Matching 5 of 5 only means that you do not match the Mega number. Therefore, there are 26 unique sets of matching 5 of 5 without getting the Mega and only one unique set of matching 5 of 5 plus the Mega. If you multiply the odds that you calculated by 27 and divide by 26, which is the number of variations without matching the Mega number, then you will get the odds printed on the playslip.Aha! The Mega number messes things up. Totally correct... [ More ]

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tsai3904 — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 06:40:17 GMT

Matching 5 of 5 only means that you do not match the Mega number. Therefore, there are 26 unique sets of matching 5 of 5 without getting the Mega and only one unique set of matching 5 of 5 plus the Mega. If you multiply the odds that you calculated by 27 and divide by 26, which is the number of variations without matching the Mega number, then you will get the odds printed on the playslip.

Can't Figure CA Super Lotto Odds

dragon — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 05:05:23 GMT

I can't get my formulas to match the published odds on the playslips. Can somebody check my numbers. When I take the 'non-mega' portion of the playslips, I have a 5/47 lottery. My calculations show:5/5 -- 1 : 1,533,939.004/5 -- 1 : 7,304.473/5 -- 1 : 178.162/5 -- 1 : 13.361/5 -- 1: 2.74The back of the playslips state:5/5 -- 1 : 1,592,9374/5 -- 1 : 7,5853/5 -- 1 : 1852/5 -- not published1/5 -- not publishedI can't seem to construct their numbers. What gives