John
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Originally posted by glb
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Originally posted by AlunJ
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
never play consecutive numbers, especially 6 of them, you have no chance of winning
Surely you have just as much chance as any other combination?
Be funny to see mind
Just as much chance of 1 2 3 4 5 6 coming out than 21 02 05 16 35 41 etc
Chance of consecutive numbers coming out is less than random one's even if the odds stay the same.
Or I may be wrong, been a long time since I done any maths, and I failed it.
[Edited on 08-10-2010 by John]
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stubs
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Originally posted by AlunJ
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
never play consecutive numbers, especially 6 of them, you have no chance of winning
Surely you have just as much chance as any other combination?
Be funny to see mind
AlunJ is correct... just as much chance of the numbers coming out.... BUT, I would think that if they did come out in order, there's more chance someone else would have the same set and you'd end up with a smaller share of winnings.
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stubs
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Originally posted by John
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Originally posted by glb
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Originally posted by AlunJ
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
never play consecutive numbers, especially 6 of them, you have no chance of winning
Surely you have just as much chance as any other combination?
Be funny to see mind
Just as much chance of 1 2 3 4 5 6 coming out than 21 02 05 16 35 41 etc
Chance of consecutive numbers coming out is less than random one's even if the odds stay the same.
Or I may be wrong, been a long time since I done any maths, and I failed it.
[Edited on 08-10-2010 by John]
Aren't odds and chance the same thing? 
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Neo
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DONT START THIS ARGUMENT AGAIN FFS
3cm was baiting 
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SetH
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The prize fund tonight is considerable.
Unless I am missing something the odds are no different to a normal week with a substantially lower prize fund?
Quite a few people who dont normally play are purchasing a ticket for tonight.
uhm..... 
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BarnshaW
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the odds are exactly the same as any other number
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John
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Originally posted by SetH
The prize fund tonight is considerable.
Unless I am missing something the odds are no different to a normal week with a substantially lower prize fund?
Quite a few people who dont normally play are purchasing a ticket for tonight.
uhm.....
Because the same odds are giving a shot at 112 instead of 5 or somethin crap that wouldn't buy much.
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BarnshaW
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so its only worth buying a ticket for 112 million, not worth spending the 1.50 for a 5 mil jackpot then? 
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Nath
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Originally posted by SetH
The prize fund tonight is considerable.
Unless I am missing something the odds are no different to a normal week with a substantially lower prize fund?
Quite a few people who dont normally play are purchasing a ticket for tonight.
uhm.....
Because £2 into £112,000,000 would be amazing 
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SetH
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Nath
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
so its only worth buying a ticket for 112 million, not worth spending the 1.50 for a 5 mil jackpot then?
Pocket money mate.
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AlunJ
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Originally posted by Neo
DONT START THIS ARGUMENT AGAIN FFS
3cm was baiting
bugger, not like me to fall for the bait god damn
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Neo
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Originally posted by SetH
Unless I am missing something the odds are no different to a normal week with a substantially lower prize fund?
The odds of winning are irrespective of how many players there are, its just how much share of the jackpot you would win.
If you had 4 numbers and you had to choose 1, your odds are 1 in 4 regardless of how many others are playing.
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John
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
so its only worth buying a ticket for 112 million, not worth spending the 1.50 for a 5 mil jackpot then?
Absolutely correct, I don't bother until it's 50mil +.
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BarnshaW
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the odds are the same for any 6 numbers you pick across the board? the actual number itself has no meaning on what balls physically drop out the machine as it could be anyone.
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Xs
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I put the ticket 23456 on once. I told the dude to look at the numbers and the cashier commented and said a lot of people use that combination week in week out.
We have lottery bingo in my work and generally everyone uses their actual lottery numbers and 2 folk in the 30 have similar numbers to that. One has 123456 and the other is 456789, so I guess a lot of folk play those numbers thinking they are being different lol.
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John
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Guy in the shop must have been really impressed when you pointed it out to him.
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Whittie
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Originally posted by John
Guy in the shop must have been really impressed when you pointed it out to him.
Do you never have banter with people?
Shop Keeper - This is the lucky ticket, I can feel it
Me - Do I get a refund if it isn't? Look at the ticket...
Shop Keeper - Haha, a lot more people than you think use numbers like that.
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Gary
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Originally posted by John
Chance of consecutive numbers coming out is less than random one's even if the odds stay the same.
Or I may be wrong, been a long time since I done any maths,and I failed it.
[Edited on 08-10-2010 by John]
Your wrong.
Prob why you failed tbh
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Xs
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Originally posted by John
Guy in the shop must have been really impressed when you pointed it out to him.
I lol'd.
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Nath
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Does it matter how the numbers go into the machine? As in would it be more of a coincidence if 1,2,3,4,5,6 went in the machine like that, and then came out like that? Surely that makes it more unprobable.
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3CorsaMeal
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say the no.1 ball comes out first, then there are 47 chances it could be anything but ball no.2, but only 1 chance it could be ball no.2, repeat for each number.
would be epic for them all to come out in a row
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Gary
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Would be epic yes. Still same chance of them coming out as any other combination
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3CorsaMeal
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yeah but never seen it happen, i think 3-4 in a row is the most i've seen, normally its just random numbers so i play random numbers
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Gary
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Aye, only retards play 6 consecutive numbers.....alex
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