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OT - Lottery dreaming...

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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,759
    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.  
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,155
    edited October 2018
    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. 
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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    edited October 2018
    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! 
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,155
    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... 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,155
    You have to appreciate this guy’s honesty. 

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=btAbU1sPqIM
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,759
    edited October 2018
    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.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Your math looks like Ron typed it with all of those exclamation marks.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,420
    I matched five numbers!!!

    ..... across ten seperate tickets....
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,572
    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.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,572
    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
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,686
    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.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    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.
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    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • CPFC1905
    CPFC1905 Posts: 2,124
    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.

    Other girls may try to take me away 
    But you know, it's by your side I will stay
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,759
    edited October 2018
    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.  :(
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,686
    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've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    That’s f’n hilarious @Jeremiah.  I actually lol’d.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    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. 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,686
    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've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    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. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,155
    Whoever wins the lotto tonight touched me inappropriately 30 years ago.... 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Just paid my stupid tax.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Congrats SC eggheads.   I hope one of you got it.   
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    I could see Robins bloody distribution really taking off.   
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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
    Which one of you Carolina a$$wipes won my
    jackpot???


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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    I would like to personally congratulate them on their good fortune. Good for them. 
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