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To calculate the odds of winning lotto where choose say 6 numbers out of 40 for example the calculation is 40X39X38X37X36X35 divided by 6X5X4X3X2X1 or about 3.8 million to 1 on any one line. If you have 45 numbers to choose from it would be 45X44X43X42X41X40/6X......etc or about 8.2 million to 1.

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