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  2. Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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    If the powerball is drawn from a pool of numbers different from the main lottery, the odds are multiplied by the number of powerballs. For example, in the 6 from 49 lottery, given 10 powerball numbers, then the odds of getting a score of 3 and the powerball would be 1 in 56.66 × 10, or 566.6 (the probability would be divided by 10, to give an ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (probability) - Wikipedia

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    odds of winning the Jackpot (matching the 6 main numbers from 59) in the UK National Lottery with one ticket since 10 October 2015 7.151×10 −8: odds of winning the Jackpot (matching the 6 main numbers from 49) in the UK National Lottery with one ticket until 10 October 2015 10 −7: 1.17×10 −7: Death per aircraft journey [10] 2.9×10 −7

  4. Lottery (decision theory) - 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 ]

  5. Just how unlikely is winning the lottery? - AOL

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    To calculate the odds, there are 12,103,024 possible combinations for choosing five different numbers from 1 to 70. Multiply that by 25, and you get the 302,575,350-to-1 figure. What you can do to ...

  6. Gambling mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The mathematics of gambling is a collection of probability applications encountered in games of chance and can get included in game theory.From a mathematical point of view, the games of chance are experiments generating various types of aleatory events, and it is possible to calculate by using the properties of probability on a finite space of possibilities.

  7. Quick Pick vs Picking Your Own Lotto Numbers: Is One ... - AOL

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    Odds are calculated by the total number of tickets in a scratch ticket game divided by the total number of prizes in that game. Study the odds of winning and the prize structure for the games you ...

  8. Probability - Wikipedia

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    The probabilities of rolling several numbers using two dice. Probability is the branch of mathematics and statistics concerning events and numerical descriptions of how likely they are to occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1; the larger the probability, the more likely an event is to occur.

  9. Mega Millions - Wikipedia

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    The probability and odds can be taken into a mathematical perspective: The probability of winning the jackpot (through October 27, 2017) was 1:(75 C 5) x (15), that is: 75 ways for the first white ball times 74 ways for the second times 73 for the third times 72 for the fourth times 71 for the last white ball divided by 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1, or 5 ...