who's getting sick and tired of
07-29-2006, 09:31 PM
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Am I the only one who likes going to work? I mean, I certainly wouldn't mind winning the big one. That's why I keep buying those rediculous $100.00 lottery tickets. Even if I won one, I'd still go to work. I work 2 days, 2 nights, then 4 days off. It's like 2 picnics, 2 sleepovers, then I'm off again. And when I'm actually "working", I love it. I get to do stuff that for most people, would be breaking the law. I get to see stuff that others have to "rubberneck" to see. On top of all that, they PAY me! They're going to retire me kicking and screaming. I'm going to have to get a "real" job then. 
07-30-2006, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by cthree,Jul 28 2006, 11:45 PM
I'm good 
So let me get this straight, you pick 6 different numbers from 1 to 49 plus a bonus number so 42^7 possible combinations and then once a week six numbers are drawn at random and if your numbers match those drawn you win? With odds like 230,539,333,248:1 how could you lose? I like these calculations:
If you are 25 you have 2080 649 draws left before you retire. Simply choose the odds you wish to play from the chart below. For comparison blackjack has odds of 5:4 which means the house will win 20% more hands than you will. To have the same odds in the 649 you would need to purchase roughly 45 billion tickets per week.
1:1 odds = 230,539,333,248 tickets
2:1 odds = 115,269,666,624 tickets
4:1 odds = 57,634,833,312 tickets
8:1 odds = 28,817,416,656 tickets
16:1 odds = 14,408,708,328 tickets
32:1 odds = 7,204,354,164 tickets
64:1 odds = 3,602,177,082 tickets
128:1 odds = 1,801,088,541 tickets
256:1 odds = 900,544,270 tickets
512:1 odds = 450,272,135 tickets
1024:1 odds = 225,136,067 tickets
2048:1 odds = 112,568,033 tickets
4096:1 odds = 56,284,016 tickets
8192:1 odds = 28,142,008 tickets
16384:1 odds = 14,071,004 tickets
32768:1 odds = 7,035,502 tickets - did you know that the quarts crystal in your watch vibrates at 32768Hz? Cool huh?
65536:1 odds = 3,517,751 tickets
So let me get this straight, you pick 6 different numbers from 1 to 49 plus a bonus number so 42^7 possible combinations and then once a week six numbers are drawn at random and if your numbers match those drawn you win? With odds like 230,539,333,248:1 how could you lose? I like these calculations:
If you are 25 you have 2080 649 draws left before you retire. Simply choose the odds you wish to play from the chart below. For comparison blackjack has odds of 5:4 which means the house will win 20% more hands than you will. To have the same odds in the 649 you would need to purchase roughly 45 billion tickets per week.
1:1 odds = 230,539,333,248 tickets
2:1 odds = 115,269,666,624 tickets
4:1 odds = 57,634,833,312 tickets
8:1 odds = 28,817,416,656 tickets
16:1 odds = 14,408,708,328 tickets
32:1 odds = 7,204,354,164 tickets
64:1 odds = 3,602,177,082 tickets
128:1 odds = 1,801,088,541 tickets
256:1 odds = 900,544,270 tickets
512:1 odds = 450,272,135 tickets
1024:1 odds = 225,136,067 tickets
2048:1 odds = 112,568,033 tickets
4096:1 odds = 56,284,016 tickets
8192:1 odds = 28,142,008 tickets
16384:1 odds = 14,071,004 tickets
32768:1 odds = 7,035,502 tickets - did you know that the quarts crystal in your watch vibrates at 32768Hz? Cool huh?
65536:1 odds = 3,517,751 tickets
The odds are greatly decreased because ORDER is not important and the balls are NOT replaced (put back in) after they are drawn. To calculate the odds of winning 6/49 it's a simple 'combination' or binomial coefficient.
The formula is nCr = n!/[r!(n-r)!]
where r is UNORDERED outcomes for n possibilites. The exclamation mark is a factorial. ie. 5! = 5x4x3x2x1
In our case n is 49 and r is 6. The bonus number has nothing to do with winning the jackpot; if you hit 5 + the bonus number, no jackpot.
Do the math or use the handy combination function on your calculator and the number is 'only' 13,983,816 possible combinations.
So next time the jackpot is over 14 million, if you got 14 million to invest, guaranteed money!! Just don't mess up fillling out the sheets or you'll be very sorry!!
