euromillions

[fairkatrina]

so the jackpot is �100 mil again. surely, when it gets to that much, I can buy a ticket for every possible combination and win at a very respectable profit? anyone know the maths, because I think that's a short-term loan worth taking out...

[sara3]

I think you're nuts!

I've used the same 6 numbers in every draw since the lottery started (about 13/14 years ago) and have never had more than 4 numbers come up.

don't do it, you'll be paying it back forever and have nothing to show for it.

[imhotep]

Same here sara!!

Every time I enter this Euro draw,I either win something or not win anything at all.
Whenever I do win it's always small prizes.
I get 2 main numbers and 1 lucky star number,or 1 main number and 2 lucky star numbers.
I have never ever had a higher prize category than this.
Although,I might just have 2 or 3 goes on this �100 mil jackpot.

[Buenchico]

The odds of getting the jackpot with a Euromillions ticket are roughly 1 in 76 million. (For comparison, the odds of getting all 6 numbers with a Lotto ticket are roughly 1 in 14 million).

Your suggestion of buying up every possible combination has three problems:

1. You'd never be able to do it in time. To count to just 1 million (counting 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5 .. with one number per second and not stopping to sleep, would take about ten and a half days). So to complete 76 million lottery tickets (even if you could fill out one per second, taking care not to duplicate any entries or to miss any combinations out, at one per second) would take over 2 years.

2. Since Euromillions tickets cost �1.50 (rather than the �1 for a Lotto ticket), you'd end up spending more than the jackpot payout.

and

3. If several people shared the jackpot, you'd be even further out of pocket.

Chris

[sara3]

good luck with the loan application ;o)

[know-noknow]

i remember something about a syndicate (in oz i think) doing it successfully, although the number of tickets to cover would obviously not be as big.


ME

[fairkatrina]

Buenchico, you've broken my heart lol.

and when I play the lottery, I also either win something or don't win anything at all :-)

[know-noknow]

eh ^ wtf? ^