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The only sure way to do that is to buy one ticket for every possible combination.
Then you're absolutely positively definitely guaranteed to hold a winning ticket. It
doesn't necessarily mean that you'll get the whole jackpot, however. There may be
other winning tickets besides yours, and if there are, you have to split the jackpot
with all the others.
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Are there 7 or 6 lottery numbers?
That depends on the lottery. For example: In the USA, Megamillions has 6 and Powerball uses 5/59 (white balls) + 1/39 (Powerballs) for a total of 6. Canada's Lotto Max uses 7 numbers. New Zeland's Powerball game has a standard pick 6 from 40 Lotto numbers with an additional pick 1 from 10 Powerball number (which is either 6 or 7 depending on how you look at it)
How many numbers do you have to get to win on the lotto?
It depends on how big a prize you want to win. You can win a prize with even one correct number. For example, in Powerball, if you match just the Powerball number, you win $4.00. For Ozlotto, you are required to get 7 correct numbers, none being any of the 2 supplementary numbers. In Powerball you are required to get all 5 numbers plus the Powerball to win the biggest prize.
What are the odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot?
Thats five matching numbers 1-55 and the Powerball match a 1-42 chance. Odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 146,107,962 With the addition of Florida to the PowerBall (Jan, 2009). The probablity has changed. It is now:Five matching numbers 1-59 and the Powerball match a 1-39 chanceOdds of winning the Powerbal Jackpot are 1 in 195,249,054
What lottery powerball numbers falls with frequent powerball numbers?
Numbers 5, 8, 13, 19, 22, 24, 34, 39, 40, 41 have all been drawn the most - over 80 times each. The most drawn number is 22 (95 times) and the least drawn is 32 (62 times)
The payouts for the Powerball lottery and their corresponding odds and probabilities of occurrence are shown below. The price of a ticket is 1.00 Find the mean and the standard deviation of the payout?
The odds of matching all 5 numbers plus the Powerball are approximately 1 in 175,223,510.00. Powerball started in 1992, replacing the game Lotto*America.
