All About UK Lottery » Mathematics http://about-uk-lottery.com Find the answers, for your UK Lottery questions Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:26:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Uk lottery:6 numbers 1-49 to win jackpot.They say 14million/1. How so? Surely it would be in the billions? http://about-uk-lottery.com/uk-lottery6-numbers-1-49-to-win-jackpotthey-say-14million1-how-so-surely-it-would-be-in-the-billions http://about-uk-lottery.com/uk-lottery6-numbers-1-49-to-win-jackpotthey-say-14million1-how-so-surely-it-would-be-in-the-billions#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:38:54 +0000 admin http://about-uk-lottery.com/uk-lottery6-numbers-1-49-to-win-jackpotthey-say-14million1-how-so-surely-it-would-be-in-the-billions uk lottery
Adam asked:


I would work out the chances as 49×48x47×46x45×44 to 1. This would make it in the billions. Is this wrong? If so why, and what would be the correct way to work it out? If anyone can help I would be most gratefull as this has bugged me for some time!

Kurt
]]> http://about-uk-lottery.com/uk-lottery6-numbers-1-49-to-win-jackpotthey-say-14million1-how-so-surely-it-would-be-in-the-billions/feed 5 in the uk lottery, how many tickets would you need to buy to garantee a £10 win? http://about-uk-lottery.com/in-the-uk-lottery-how-many-tickets-would-you-need-to-buy-to-garantee-a-10-win http://about-uk-lottery.com/in-the-uk-lottery-how-many-tickets-would-you-need-to-buy-to-garantee-a-10-win#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:49:48 +0000 admin http://about-uk-lottery.com/in-the-uk-lottery-how-many-tickets-would-you-need-to-buy-to-garantee-a-10-win UK Lottery
judas asked:


is it (49×48x47) / 2?
because you pick 6 numbers per ticket, not 3?

Sally
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