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glad i did not win this week
Match 6 5 £264,490
Match 5 plus Bonus 41
Match 5 1,402 £181
Match 4 46,269 £12
Match 3 550,174 £10
Match 6 5 £264,490
Match 5 plus Bonus 41
Match 5 1,402 £181
Match 4 46,269 £12
Match 3 550,174 £10
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Yeah, I'm glad I didn't win a quarter of a million as well.
I emailed the Lottery and asked them for a breakdown of how popular each number was. They kept fobbing me off with, "each number has equal chance etc etc". The penny finally dropped with them and I received the following email...
Dear Mohammed,
Thank you for your email dated 14 January 2010.
I should explain that we are not required to publish the information you have requested under our license with the National Lottery Commission.
As previously advised, all numbers have the same probability of being drawn therefore the chances of winning are not increased by the popularity of a particular set of numbers, or the frequency which they are chosen by our players.
I would like to wish you the best of luck playing the National Lottery in the future.
Yours sincerely,
Neil Smith
National Lottery Customer Care Team
It's the biggest scam going.
Dear Mohammed,
Thank you for your email dated 14 January 2010.
I should explain that we are not required to publish the information you have requested under our license with the National Lottery Commission.
As previously advised, all numbers have the same probability of being drawn therefore the chances of winning are not increased by the popularity of a particular set of numbers, or the frequency which they are chosen by our players.
I would like to wish you the best of luck playing the National Lottery in the future.
Yours sincerely,
Neil Smith
National Lottery Customer Care Team
It's the biggest scam going.
Agreed, a tax on the stupid.
Winning £9 when landing a 50-1 shot is a worse return than dog racing.
Winning £9 when landing a 50-1 shot is a worse return than dog racing.
so if the numbers were 1,2,3,4,5,6 bonus 7
what would the jackpot pay
what would the jackpot pay
No idea. That's what I'd like to know. Obviously it depends on the size of the pot. It's probably not the most popular choice of 6 though. I would guess it's some sort of psuedo-random selection based on the shape the 6 marks makes on the ticket.
It's not that it would make it significantly more likely to win the jackpot, but how can we be sure inividuals at Camelot are not using the information to their own advantage? Why not open up the information to anyone who wanted it? Most people wouldn't care anyway.
heard there are around 5000 people who do 1,2,3,4,5,6 every week
Huggy 28 Jan 10:22
so if the numbers were 1,2,3,4,5,6 bonus 7
what would the jackpot pay
i read somewhere that 1,2,3,4,5,6 is the most popular selection of numbers. would love it to come out and see the £1800 jackpot divi!
so if the numbers were 1,2,3,4,5,6 bonus 7
what would the jackpot pay
i read somewhere that 1,2,3,4,5,6 is the most popular selection of numbers. would love it to come out and see the £1800 jackpot divi!
Suspect the most popular numbers are birthdates, so those up to 31.
with all yesterday's numbers below 31 that could be part of it.
birthday
lucky number
house number
next door neighbours number to the right
next door neighbours number to the left
it all adds up to a low jackpot
lucky number
house number
next door neighbours number to the right
next door neighbours number to the left
it all adds up to a low jackpot
Some chav winner is gonna' start lobbying the government for 49 day months, so when her 17 kids grow up and start blowing their job seekers allowance on lottery tickets, the dividend should be bigger. The Sun are considering backing her campaign.
I copped five numbers last night to say slightly dissapointed is an understatement, £181 got to be the worst ever for five numbers
the bookies should do this. if you have a £500 acca on chelsea, man u, arsenal and liverpool that pays 5/1 only give everybody 25p cos it was a popular bet.
i don't really do the lotto but isn't £1.3m low for the jackpot too?
The Biggest con EVER perpetrated by the government (some members of which were quite possibly involved on the boards of the companies which went to make up camelot).
iirc, Camelot made, and declared, a full 1st year's accounts (usually takes a new company 18 months) within just 6 months of the start, and the profits were WAY in excess of what was forecast for year one. They've never looked back.
Like most things the state either set up or allow (Lottery, car-clamping/crushing companies, Gambling Commission, Passport agency, and so on) It is a means to make a fortune for the organisers, and the people who run the operation don't have the slightest idea about the subject area they're working in. It's run my marketers and charlatans.
iirc, Camelot made, and declared, a full 1st year's accounts (usually takes a new company 18 months) within just 6 months of the start, and the profits were WAY in excess of what was forecast for year one. They've never looked back.
Like most things the state either set up or allow (Lottery, car-clamping/crushing companies, Gambling Commission, Passport agency, and so on) It is a means to make a fortune for the organisers, and the people who run the operation don't have the slightest idea about the subject area they're working in. It's run my marketers and charlatans.
Agreed Study. I'm no Branson fan but when they renewed Camelot's licence it showed it was corrupt imo. Not that I was surprised.
What makes me laugh is the morons who go and buy twice as many tickets as they normally get, just cause it's a rollover!
First time I did it I got 4 and the bonus and I won about £20. I've never done it again.
I know the bonus counts for nothing unless you get 5 but that's not the point. I picked 6 numbers got 5 out of 6 right and won £20.
I know the bonus counts for nothing unless you get 5 but that's not the point. I picked 6 numbers got 5 out of 6 right and won £20.
The most popular set of 6 numbers are:
7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42
133 people selected the winning combination {7,17,23,32,38,42},
while on another occasion 57 chose {2,12,19,28,38,48}.
Most drawn number : 38
Least Drawn number: 13
Worst value of this midweek: 1013/1 for 4 numbers paid 11/1
7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42
133 people selected the winning combination {7,17,23,32,38,42},
while on another occasion 57 chose {2,12,19,28,38,48}.
Most drawn number : 38
Least Drawn number: 13
Worst value of this midweek: 1013/1 for 4 numbers paid 11/1
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