OT - Lottery dreaming...

stlcharcoal

TN_Egger said:

You're right @STL...good story about it here...

https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/

Wow.....long article but very interesting.  That's not the one I was referring to-- same tactics.  There was a group overseas doing the same thing back in the early 90s and I believe it was in Australia.  

DoubleEgger

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

ColtsFan

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

DoubleEgger

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. 

Thanks! 

Our resident Duke professor will be back soon... 

DoubleEgger

You have to appreciate this guy’s honesty. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=btAbU1sPqIM

stlcharcoal

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

Legume

Your math looks like Ron typed it with all of those exclamation marks.

MaskedMarvel

I matched five numbers!!!

..... across ten seperate tickets....

fishlessman

well i bought those socks thinking i was going to win now how to pay for them.....maybe if i invest 2 more dollars on a ticket for the next drawing.

fishlessman

i can understand not being a regular lottery ticket gambler but it makes no sense to me to not pick up the 2 dollars in change off the car floor for just 1 ticket when the amount is just so high

JohnInCarolina

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

northGAcock

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

Where I come from....we just call it a $hitload.

CPFC1905

Ok, might be baring my behind here - but doesn't that formula assume an equal opportunity for each number per selection, when in fact the first chosen is immediately discounted from the field of choice.  

Start with 70.  Computer picks '38',  there is then only 69 left to choose from, therefore the probability of 42 being chosen is higher than it was for 38.

The computer can only pick at random but in sequence (choice1, 2, 3..) from he available field.

I feel a logic headache coming on.  Time for a cup of tea, now.

stlcharcoal

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

Saint Louis University is also a high school run buy the Jesuits, not too far from the main campuses of the University.  All honors math I took in junior & senior year of high school counted for college credit, so I came in as a sophomore, took 28-32 credit hours a semester and graduated with a BS, magna cum laude in just under 2 years.  The only reason I didn't graduate summa, is because in the aviation college, the FAA requires it to be 93-100 for an A, when every other college in the university is straight scale.  :(

JohnInCarolina

stlcharcoal said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

Saint Louis University is also a high school run buy the Jesuits, not too far from the main campuses of the University.  All honors math I took in junior & senior year of high school counted for college credit, so I came in as a sophomore, took 28-32 credit hours a semester and graduated with a BS, magna cum laude in just under 2 years.  The only reason I didn't graduate summa, is because in the aviation college, the FAA requires it to be 93-100 for an A, when every other college in the university is straight scale.  :(

That's great.  

Jeremiah

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

Saint Louis University is also a high school run buy the Jesuits, not too far from the main campuses of the University.  All honors math I took in junior & senior year of high school counted for college credit, so I came in as a sophomore, took 28-32 credit hours a semester and graduated with a BS, magna cum laude in just under 2 years.  The only reason I didn't graduate summa, is because in the aviation college, the FAA requires it to be 93-100 for an A, when every other college in the university is straight scale.  :(

That's great.  

I feel like this is a good time to remind you two that Coastal Carolina has a pond with a real nice walking bridge and a fountain. I think I forgot to mention the fountain before. 

Legume

That’s f’n hilarious @Jeremiah.  I actually lol’d.

pgprescott

Jeremiah said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

Saint Louis University is also a high school run buy the Jesuits, not too far from the main campuses of the University.  All honors math I took in junior & senior year of high school counted for college credit, so I came in as a sophomore, took 28-32 credit hours a semester and graduated with a BS, magna cum laude in just under 2 years.  The only reason I didn't graduate summa, is because in the aviation college, the FAA requires it to be 93-100 for an A, when every other college in the university is straight scale.  :(

That's great.  

I feel like this is a good time to remind you two that Coastal Carolina has a pond with a real nice walking bridge and a fountain. I think I forgot to mention the fountain before. 

You really need to learn how to say that in a more condescending manner though. 

JohnInCarolina

Jeremiah said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

Saint Louis University is also a high school run buy the Jesuits, not too far from the main campuses of the University.  All honors math I took in junior & senior year of high school counted for college credit, so I came in as a sophomore, took 28-32 credit hours a semester and graduated with a BS, magna cum laude in just under 2 years.  The only reason I didn't graduate summa, is because in the aviation college, the FAA requires it to be 93-100 for an A, when every other college in the university is straight scale.  :(

That's great.  

I feel like this is a good time to remind you two that Coastal Carolina has a pond with a real nice walking bridge and a fountain. I think I forgot to mention the fountain before. 

That’s great.

Jeremiah

JohnInCarolina said:

Jeremiah said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

ColtsFan said:

DoubleEgger said:

ColtsFan said:

I'm no mathematician, but I believe this is the the total number of combinations available. 5 sets of numbers (1-70) and a mega number (1-25)

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The odds of winning is approximately 1:302,000,000. That means that there are approximately 302,000,000 available lotto number combinations. 

Your calculation assumes that the same number can be chosen multiple times. Basically throwing the ball back into the bin after the number is called. 

Yeah, I needed a refresher on permutations and combinations formulas. I had it jacked up. 

Thanks! 

There are 70 balls for the 5 number combo, then 25 for the other ball.  So.....

(70! / (5!*(70-5)!)) * 25

So that's 12,103,014 x 25 = 302,575,350

Who need a degree from Duke???  Ha!  That's Saint Louis University math right there buddy.

This is high-school level probability.  I'm not sure I'd brag about having picked it up in college, but YMMV.  

Saint Louis University is also a high school run buy the Jesuits, not too far from the main campuses of the University.  All honors math I took in junior & senior year of high school counted for college credit, so I came in as a sophomore, took 28-32 credit hours a semester and graduated with a BS, magna cum laude in just under 2 years.  The only reason I didn't graduate summa, is because in the aviation college, the FAA requires it to be 93-100 for an A, when every other college in the university is straight scale.  :(

That's great.  

I feel like this is a good time to remind you two that Coastal Carolina has a pond with a real nice walking bridge and a fountain. I think I forgot to mention the fountain before. 

That’s great.

I thought so too. 

DoubleEgger

Whoever wins the lotto tonight touched me inappropriately 30 years ago.... 

Legume

Just paid my stupid tax.

thetrim

Congrats SC eggheads.   I hope one of you got it.   

thetrim

I could see Robins bloody distribution really taking off.   

TEXASBGE2018

Which one of you Carolina a$$wipes won my
jackpot???

Sea2Ski

I would like to personally congratulate them on their good fortune. Good for them.