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| Thread ID: 50317 | 2004-10-17 02:52:00 | Lotto Tips | lotto (6285) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 281867 | 2008-03-18 01:46:00 | Thread necromancy = bad | DeSade (984) | ||
| 281868 | 2008-03-18 06:55:00 | Lotto is totally Random with odds of 1: 3,838,383 of any one line winning, for power ball just multiply these odds by 9. The best odds are on Lotto Strike which has odds of 1:40 to the power of 4. There is no system that can reliably pick a series of randomly generated numbers. If you want a sure way of winning on Lotto, and "Invest" say $10 per week. Put the $10 each week in a box under your bed, instead of giving it to a lotto shop, After 12 months pull out the box and you have won $520, which in all probability is a long way ahead of where you would have been if you had given it each week to the lotto shop. Then if you still want to play a game of chance, buy bonus bonds with your $520 - while you get no interest, and lose a percentage to inflation, you just may win, and you are still ahead. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 281869 | 2008-03-18 08:29:00 | Lotto is totally Random with odds of 1: 3,838,383 of any one line winning, for power ball just multiply these odds by 9. The best odds are on Lotto Strike which has odds of 1:40 to the power of 4. There is no system that can reliably pick a series of randomly generated numbers. If you want a sure way of winning on Lotto, and "Invest" say $10 per week. Put the $10 each week in a box under your bed, instead of giving it to a lotto shop, After 12 months pull out the box and you have won $520, which in all probability is a long way ahead of where you would have been if you had given it each week to the lotto shop. Then if you still want to play a game of chance, buy bonus bonds with your $520 - while you get no interest, and lose a percentage to inflation, you just may win, and you are still ahead. Has to be the best advice so far. Can only totally agree!!!!!:thumbs: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 281870 | 2008-03-18 08:35:00 | I'd rather spend the $800 a year and be in with a chance. Hell, I spend way more then that a year on pies and cakes. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 281871 | 2008-03-18 09:14:00 | Lotto is totally Random with odds of 1: 3,838,383 of any one line winning.I thought it was 1:3,838,380 - a rounding difference perhaps......? Your best odds involve picking the numbers yourself instead of relying on a 'lucky dip' - that way you drop out of the 'odds management' process employed by NZ Lotteries. |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 281872 | 2008-03-18 09:19:00 | Hell, I spend way more then that a year on pies and cakes. Sounds as though you have quite an investment in that belly of yours.:eek: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 281873 | 2008-03-18 09:20:00 | Sounds as though you have quite an investment in that belly of yours.:eek: Its quite a belly. Plus, I can take it with me.:thumbs: |
Metla (12) | ||
| 281874 | 2008-03-18 09:29:00 | The best Lotto tip .... Don't buy any the odds are very poor and the prizes are even worse. Check out 2nd division ! |
Digby (677) | ||
| 281875 | 2008-03-18 09:34:00 | Completely agree. The prizes are out of whack with the odds so where is the incentive? But if you 0 tickets your odds of winning are exactly zero. If you buy a ticket your odds of winning are (a little bit) more than zero. Gotta be in to win! :) | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 281876 | 2008-03-18 09:47:00 | Interesting reading! I am not much of a programmer, but I am intrigued by the maths. How easy is it to write a program that will generate 6 number lines that cover all four number combinations of 1-40, without any repeats? There are 91390 four number combinations from numbers 1-40. Each 6 number line covers 15 four number combinations. Is it possible therefore to generate 6092.66 (91390/15) six number lines that cover the 91390 four number combinations? If possible let me know. Random numbers may not be totally random. The programme you may write could be predictable over time depending on the seed. You could win Lotto with certainty with a computer by generating all possible combinations and buying tickets to suit. I hope you have enough money to invest. |
Sweep (90) | ||
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