Beating the lottery odds

So you want to beat the lottery odds give it up no one can but however there are ways to improve your odds. Let's use the Illinois 6/52 lotto what are the odds of winning the jackpot with just one ticket ?  Well, let's find out;  It involves math .

Here is the formula for figuring the odds of the 6/52 lottery game.

(52 x 51 x 50 x 49 x 48 x 47) / (6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 1)=20,358,520

so your odds of winning the jackpot with just one ticket is  1 out of 20,358.520 

Now suppose  a person played 6 random games what are the odds then ?  Simple, since he/she is covering 6 combitions simply divide the jackpot odds by 6.   (20,358,520) / 6  or 1 out of 3,393,087

But instead of playing  6 random games let's chose 12 numbers and sort those 12 numbers in 6 number combitions,So here's the new formula:

(52 x 51 x 50 x 49 x 48 x 47) /(12 x 11 x 10 x 9 x 8 x 7)=22033

Even without giving the answer you can tell the odds of winning went way down.In fact the odds now are 1 out of 22,033 and also notice the odds are not in the millions anymore but in the thousands.

Those are the odds of winning the jackpot if a person decides to play a full 12 number system.

(12 x 11 x 10 x 9 x 8 x7)/(6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1)=924 combinations.

Many people cannot afford that unless she /he are in a lotto club;But there are shorter systems that win a prize when 6 out of 12 numbers are guessed.

Why play this way ? Well it is slightly easier to guess 12 out of 52 numbers rather than 6 out of 52 numbers.By the way it is against the law for a person or lotto club to play every combination in the lottery game.

Let's recap : Playing 6 random games in the 6/52 lottery odds 1 out of 3,393,087  playing 12 numbers sorted 1 out of 22,033

Below is a video for the shorten 12 number system (no audio). Guessing 6 out of 12 numbers will win at least one 4/6 prize or better .Now what numbers to  pick ?  It's up to you if you're a sports fan how about the numbers of the players' uniforms ?

Just simply substitute your 12 numbers for the 12 letters and please play responsibly and probably just use 1% of your winnings for mad money just to get it out of your system.

ABCDEF

ABCGHI

ABCJKL

DEFGHI

DEFJKL

GHIJKL

Even if this was figure for the 6/52 lottery it will work on any 6 number lottery system, but the odds would be different more or less (end)