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Old 08-06-2008, 11:47 PM
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Default Chances Of Winning The Lottery

The odds of guessing all 5 numbers in Lotto HotPicks Pick 5 correctly are 1 in 317,814
The odds of guessing all 7 numbers in the Daily Play correctly are 1 in 888,030
The odds of guessing all 5 numbers and Thunderball correctly are 1 in 3,895,584
The odds of guessing all 6 numbers in the Irish Lotto correctly are 1 in 8,145,060
The odds of guessing all 7 numbers in Dream Number correctly are 1 in 10,000,000
The odds of guessing all 6 numbers correctly in the UK Lotto draw are 1 in 13,983,816
The odds of guessing all 5 numbers and 2 lucky stars in Euromillions are 1 in 76,275,360
The odds of guessing all 5 numbers and a Mega ball correctly in Mega Millions (USA) are 1 in 175,711,536


That is kinda amazing isn't it?!
I've never heard of Mega Millions.. but looking at them odds, I would advice people not to play it

(Source: http://www.catchalotto.co.uk/oddsOfWinning.html)

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I like them odds,well i would if i played lotto
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Well yeah, I guess people win each week.. so why not you?

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Thats not true. Thats how it gets so high because there was no winner the week before.
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