Record breaking euro lottery ticket
Discussion
Saw this on the news this morning - a UK ticket won 70 odd million. Fair enough. However, me being a bit of a saddo I noticed that every single number selected, including the bonus numbers, were prime numbers. Was therefore musing whether the winner was interested in maths. Also, what are the odds of all numbers being prime number in a lottery draw? Very tiny I imagine?
Edited by srebbe64 on Saturday 15th May 11:29
t if you had just won £86 Million??!!?? Bloody sure I wouldn't 
But then I'm still coming to terms with the fact that it wasn't me!! 
The Narrator said:
The stench was now becoming so terrible even the dog's eyes were watering. It was as if someone had combined the BO from Stephen Hawking's arse crack and mixed it with the odour of rotting sheep intestines. Yes, someone has indeed shat themselves to within an inch of their lives. The only question, as the lift was about to reach the top floor, was who done it?
harryowl said:
It's ME!
10 Pence Short said:
The Narrator said:
The stench was now becoming so terrible even the dog's eyes were watering. It was as if someone had combined the BO from Stephen Hawking's arse crack and mixed it with the odour of rotting sheep intestines. Yes, someone has indeed shat themselves to within an inch of their lives. The only question, as the lift was about to reach the top floor, was who done it?
harryowl said:
It's ME!
while its 'nice' the decided to use prime numbers, any patterns like this are generally a bad idea - probability says what ever sequence of numbers is equally likely, but don't pick things like 1 2 3 4 5 6 because you will end up sharing with all the other people who have chosen that (probably the most popular numbers)
I’m never sure if the odds are the same if you always use the same numbers, or change them every week.
If you ‘lucky dip’ then are the odds worse because you have two variables and the two may never occur simultaneously?
On each individual draw the odds should be equal, but presumably if you keep the same numbers then that combination must eventually come up.
So, is always playing the same numbers a better long term strategy?
If you ‘lucky dip’ then are the odds worse because you have two variables and the two may never occur simultaneously?
On each individual draw the odds should be equal, but presumably if you keep the same numbers then that combination must eventually come up.
So, is always playing the same numbers a better long term strategy?
Uncle Fester said:
I’m never sure if the odds are the same if you always use the same numbers, or change them every week.
If you ‘lucky dip’ then are the odds worse because you have two variables and the two may never occur simultaneously?
On each individual draw the odds should be equal, but presumably if you keep the same numbers then that combination must eventually come up.
So, is always playing the same numbers a better long term strategy?
Nope, same odds every week, no matter whether you play the same numbers or a lucky dip.If you ‘lucky dip’ then are the odds worse because you have two variables and the two may never occur simultaneously?
On each individual draw the odds should be equal, but presumably if you keep the same numbers then that combination must eventually come up.
So, is always playing the same numbers a better long term strategy?
Mighty Flex said:
while its 'nice' the decided to use prime numbers, any patterns like this are generally a bad idea - probability says what ever sequence of numbers is equally likely, but don't pick things like 1 2 3 4 5 6 because you will end up sharing with all the other people who have chosen that (probably the most popular numbers)
Yeah, totally agree with that. Also, numbers under 30 are more commonly selected because a lot of people use 'dates' (birthdays etc) in their selection. However, on this occasion (prime numbers selected) clearly there was only one winner so they weren't numbers which other people thought to select. 
onlynik said:
Uncle Fester said:
I’m never sure if the odds are the same if you always use the same numbers, or change them every week.
If you ‘lucky dip’ then are the odds worse because you have two variables and the two may never occur simultaneously?
On each individual draw the odds should be equal, but presumably if you keep the same numbers then that combination must eventually come up.
So, is always playing the same numbers a better long term strategy?
Nope, same odds every week, no matter whether you play the same numbers or a lucky dip.If you ‘lucky dip’ then are the odds worse because you have two variables and the two may never occur simultaneously?
On each individual draw the odds should be equal, but presumably if you keep the same numbers then that combination must eventually come up.
So, is always playing the same numbers a better long term strategy?
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Saturday 15th May 12:14
There's 15 prime numbers available from the 50 lottery balls so the odds of getting 7 primes in the lottery is
Main draw:
(15/50) * (14/49) * (13/48) * (12/47) * (11/46)
Lucky stars – 4 out of 9 are prime
(4/9) * (3/8)
mutliply them together
chance of getting 7 primes in the lottery is: 0.00023622307387339758%
possibly...
Main draw:
(15/50) * (14/49) * (13/48) * (12/47) * (11/46)
Lucky stars – 4 out of 9 are prime
(4/9) * (3/8)
mutliply them together
chance of getting 7 primes in the lottery is: 0.00023622307387339758%
possibly...
Edited by bonsai on Saturday 15th May 13:01
OllieWinchester said:
I bought two tickets and now I can't find them, got a feeling I might have left them in the Sainsburys bag and thrown that in the bin. Unless we find out an approximate location of the winning ticket in the next few hours I'll be going through the big bins at work.
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