Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:22 -0600
I was looking at the website for the "Lotto Texas" game. They say the odds of winning area bit more than 25 million to one.http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Lotto_Texas/How_to_Play_Lotto_Texas.htmlThe game picks 6 numbers, from 1 to 55.Someone told me that odds are calculated by multiplying 55 x 54 x 53 x 52 x 51 x 50and that's the odds. But my windows calculator gives me a number a bit over 20 billion. But that can't be right, because they can't sell that many tickets to the game in a year, but they have a few winners every year. So something isn't quite right here. Can someone explain this? Thanks, Lottery Strategy
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