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seaton55
Jan 5, 2011, 08:22 AM
What is the best and most likely way to pick winning lotto numbers

Curlyben
Jan 5, 2011, 08:26 AM
With a pin and a HUGE amount of LUCK.

As the whole process is RANDOM anything and nothing will work.
There is NO system.

Capuchin
Jan 5, 2011, 09:44 AM
With time travel.

galactus
Jan 5, 2011, 09:54 AM
Just for kicks, let's take the Megamillions lottery.

One must match 5 numbers plus the Powerball number.

The are 56 balls in the 5 and 46 to choose from for the Powerball.

Thus, the probability of hitting the
'Big One' is

C(56,5)C(46,1)=175,711,536

\frac{1}{175711536}\approx .0000000057

Capuchin
Jan 5, 2011, 10:33 AM
Buy 175,711,536 tickets.

NeedKarma
Jan 5, 2011, 10:42 AM
The only winning move is not to play