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  2. Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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    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 exact value of ).

  3. Lottery - Wikipedia

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    In bonusball lotteries where the bonus ball is compulsory, the odds are often even lower. In the Mega Millions multi-state lottery in the United States, 5 numbers are drawn from a group of 70 and 1 number is drawn from a group of 25, and a player must match all 6 balls to win the jackpot prize. The chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in ...

  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. Canadian Dad Goes Viral For Sharing A Golden Rulebook For ...

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    Mathematics and probability theory give us a cold shower about the chances of winning the lottery – it’s about 1 in 13,983,816 in the case of only 6 balls (without any powerballs), but ...

  6. Let’s look at the odds of winning lottery prizes for two of America’s favorite lottery games: Powerball and Mega Millions. Mega Millions. Top prize: 1 in 302,575,350.

  7. Orders of magnitude (probability) - Wikipedia

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    Probability of winning any prize in the UK National Lottery with one ticket in 2003 2.1×10 −2: Probability of being dealt a three of a kind in poker 2.3×10 −2: Gaussian distribution: probability of a value being more than 2 standard deviations from the mean on a specific side [17] 2.7×10 −2

  8. The Lottery Hackers - The Huffington Post

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    The brochure listed the odds of various correct guesses. Jerry saw that you had a 1-in-54 chance to pick three out of the six numbers in a drawing, winning $5, and a 1-in-1,500 chance to pick four numbers, winning $100.

  9. Man finds $20 on ground, wins $1 million after buying scratch ...

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    The odds of winning the top prize of $1 million are 1 in 2,017,650, the North Carolina Education Lottery said. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 4.21, the lottery said.