On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 02:23:16AM -0000, Ian L McLoughlin wrote:
>p.s My chance of 6 numbers from the 12 from 49 is,er rrr15,134:1 , I
>think(No guarantee of course as it would cost me er...�928 every week..
>Well, its still better than 19,283,416, I think er ..of 6 from 49 pool..
All combinations are equally (un)likely. The only
thing that actually could increase your average `winnings' (rather decrease
your average losses) would be playing numbers that nobody else did. Then the
price would be split among fewer, and your winnings (when you really won the
top prize) would go up.
In Norway, there are 4000 persons every week playing 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (we draw
7 numbers from 34) -- needless to say, the prize for 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 is 1/4000th
of the largest possible prize that week :-)
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