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2. Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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   For games based on the Canadian lottery (such as the lottery of the United Kingdom), after the 6 main balls are drawn, an extra ball is drawn from the same pool of balls, and this becomes the powerball (or "bonus ball"). An extra prize is given for matching 5 balls and the bonus ball.

3. Gambling mathematics - Wikipedia

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   Games of chance are also good examples of combinations, permutations, and arrangements, which are met at every step: combinations of cards in a player's hand, on the table, or expected in any card game; combinations of numbers when rolling several dice once; combinations of numbers in lottery and Bingo; combinations of symbols in slots; permutations and arrangements in a race to be bet on and ...

4. Lottery wheeling - Wikipedia

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   However, playing a lottery wheel impact the win distribution over time. Playing a lottery wheel gives a steadier stream of wins compared to the same size collection of tickets with randomly chosen numbers on the same set. As an extreme example, there is a wheeling system for the pick 6 6/49 game which always guarantees a 3-win in 163 combinations.

5. List of six-number lottery games - Wikipedia

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   Six-number games historically are the most popular kind of lottery in the U.S., although "5+1" games have grown in popularity, especially with the rise of multi-state games. The Canadian Lotto 6/49 is one of its two national lottery games. Typically, six-number games cost $1 per play. and most are drawn twice weekly, often Wednesdays and Saturdays.

6. Lottery (probability) - Wikipedia

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   In expected utility theory, a lottery is a discrete distribution of probability on a set of states of nature. The elements of a lottery correspond to the probabilities that each of the states of nature will occur, (e.g. Rain: 0.70, No Rain: 0.30). [ 1 ]

7. Recreational mathematics - Wikipedia

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   Some of the more well-known topics in recreational mathematics are Rubik's Cubes, magic squares, fractals, logic puzzles and mathematical chess problems, but this area of mathematics includes the aesthetics and culture of mathematics, peculiar or amusing stories and coincidences about mathematics, and the personal lives of mathematicians.

8. Lottery - Wikipedia

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   Accompanying the lottery is the betting game, an illegal form of lottery among the people, which uses the results of the jackpot of the legal traditional lottery as the prize-winning results. In Hanoi, the "agent" system of the betting game has developed along with traditional lottery stores and iced tea stalls, operating quite openly. [ 46 ]

9. Scratchcard - Wikipedia

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   To win an amount of money in this scratch game the player has to find it three times under the scratch area. A scratchcard (also called a scratch off, scratch ticket, scratcher, scratchum, scratch-it, scratch game, scratch-and-win, instant game, instant lottery, scratchie, lot scrots, or scritchies) is a card designed for competitions, often made of thin cardstock or plastic to conceal PINs ...