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- Colonel Ingus
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by Colonel Ingus » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:11 am
Having two tickets increases the chances of you being a winner but you now have 2 1 in 81 million chances. You have a greater probability of winning with multiple tickets but EACH individual ticket is still 1 in 81 million.
LeVar presented the perfect argument with the coin flip. Each time he flips the coin it is a 50-50 chance of either heads or tails. The greater number of flips increases the chances of getting his desired coin face.
And CoreRed that means you have over 200 1 in 81 million chances of winning.
But I am sure the Lotto Commission loves math whiz thinking like yours:D .
LeVar presented the perfect argument with the coin flip. Each time he flips the coin it is a 50-50 chance of either heads or tails. The greater number of flips increases the chances of getting his desired coin face.
And CoreRed that means you have over 200 1 in 81 million chances of winning.
But I am sure the Lotto Commission loves math whiz thinking like yours:D .
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by LeVar Burton » Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:36 pm
Really sorry to bring this back up again...
I made a mistake in saying that it doesn't actually make your odds 2/81 million. Wiggums right. If you start with a 1/81 million shot, having two sets of numbers would give you 2/81 million, or 1/40.5 million.
and 200 sets of numbers would give 200/81 million, or a 1/405000 chance at winning. I'm sure the Lotto Commission hates math whiz thinking like yours. JK.
I made a mistake in saying that it doesn't actually make your odds 2/81 million. Wiggums right. If you start with a 1/81 million shot, having two sets of numbers would give you 2/81 million, or 1/40.5 million.
and 200 sets of numbers would give 200/81 million, or a 1/405000 chance at winning. I'm sure the Lotto Commission hates math whiz thinking like yours. JK.
by ShipWreck » Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:49 pm
drawings tonight i cant wait to see who wins. its 290 million now
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by Colonel Ingus » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:28 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/07/03/mega.millions.ap/index.html
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A single winning ticket was sold in Friday's record $290 million Mega Millions lottery drawing.
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