New Posts For Thread: Anyone good at working out lotto oddshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-oddsits a fund raiser, tickets 2 euro, pick the first 3 numbers in irish lotto in any order, its the first 3 only not 3 from the 6/7 numbers drawn, jackpot goes up by 200 every week if not won, after a certain point they announce 15 x 200 euro winners to"Jump in anytime Pa and correct me if i,m looking foolish".I'd have pretended they were horses Oz.14/1 chance to get first horse up,22/1 to get second and 43/1 to get the treble up, not exact but a quick approimation.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550510519#550510519"Jump in anytime Pa and correct me if i,m looking foolish".I'd have pretended they were horses Oz.14/1 chance to get first horse up,22/1 to get second and 43/1 to get the treble up, not exact but a quick approimation.Fri, 25 Nov 2016 17:56:49 -0600thanks for your stern efforts ozy and dearg, i'll go with 14,190 x 70https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550510027#550510027thanks for your stern efforts ozy and dearg, i'll go with 14,190 x 70Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:33:22 -06006 main numbers Jackpot (minimum of €2 million) 1 in 10,737,573 irish lotto6 main numbers 1 in 45,057,474 for the U.K. Lotto Not what you asked for Curlywatt, but i had to look the odds on winning the big ones,https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550508661#5505086616 main numbers Jackpot (minimum of €2 million) 1 in 10,737,573 irish lotto6 main numbers 1 in 45,057,474 for the U.K. Lotto Not what you asked for Curlywatt, but i had to look the odds on winning the big ones,Fri, 25 Nov 2016 14:07:36 -0600Yeah sorry. I see he said in any order. I think I'll go to bed early tonight. I'm confusing myself.....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550508305#550508305Yeah sorry. I see he said in any order. I think I'll go to bed early tonight. I'm confusing myself.....Fri, 25 Nov 2016 13:24:39 -0600Eh...dunno...the order is not important so I thought I should divide by (3x2x1)https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550507919#550507919Eh...dunno...the order is not important so I thought I should divide by (3x2x1)Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:43:26 -0600(45x44x43) obviously. Sorry,https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550507847#550507847(45x44x43) obviously. Sorry,Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:35:56 -0600I never checked your calculation Ozy, should that not be 85,140? (45x43x43) or am I missing something.Also I'm putting the second part badly. The probability is assignable (1 in 85,140). But the events (the two winners) are independent and the fact ohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550507829#550507829I never checked your calculation Ozy, should that not be 85,140? (45x43x43) or am I missing something.Also I'm putting the second part badly. The probability is assignable (1 in 85,140). But the events (the two winners) are independent and the fact oFri, 25 Nov 2016 12:34:14 -0600If it is 45 numbers (i Have no idea) then Ozy is correct.(45 x 44 x 43) / (3 x 2 x 1) = 14,190...so 1 in 14,190The second part though I would have thought are independent events and therefore it is not possible to assign a probability.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550507745#550507745If it is 45 numbers (i Have no idea) then Ozy is correct.(45 x 44 x 43) / (3 x 2 x 1) = 14,190...so 1 in 14,190The second part though I would have thought are independent events and therefore it is not possible to assign a probability.Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:24:25 -0600sorry...you play every week ....so once in 71 weeks on average you would expect it to be won....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550504759#550504759sorry...you play every week ....so once in 71 weeks on average you would expect it to be won....Fri, 25 Nov 2016 03:58:21 -0600It's very quiet in here...https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30755323/anyone-good-at-working-out-lotto-odds?post_id=550504683#550504683It's very quiet in here...Fri, 25 Nov 2016 03:43:02 -0600