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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Odds of Winning Lotto Comparison

One said, your are 3 times likely be killed by flash eating bacteria than winning a lotto.  It's not a fair comparison..

This is why I believe that you're can win the jack pot..

Powerball 175.2 (1-59, 5 numbers, 1-35, 1 number)
Mega Million 175.7 (1-56, 5 numbers, 1-46, 1number)
Texas Lotto 25.8 (1-54, 6 numbers)
The odds of being killed/injured from lighting  is 1:775,000 or 1:1,000,000

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If a player plays the same set of number, assuming the Winning jack pot numbers are different for all drawings, then

# # # # # #

There are 52 weeks, or 104 drawings a year, so
The odds of winning, when playing Texas Lotto is 1:250,000
You will win the Texas lotto 4 times over before being struck by lighting

The odds of winning Mega Million /Powerball is about 1:1,700,000, so
You will had be to struck by lighting twice before winning the jack pot.