PCSO Phil Lotto Result 6/49 Feb 19 2012

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6/49
06-04-18-48-34-37
16,000,000.00
2/19/2012 , 0  winner(s)

[islander]

Probability of winning (the lotto)

The chances of winning a lottery jackpot can vary widely depending on the lottery design, and are determined by several factors, including the count of possible numbers, the count of winning numbers drawn, whether or not order is significant, and whether drawn numbers are returned for the possibility of further drawing.

In a simple 6-from-49 lotto, a player chooses six numbers from 1 to 49 (no duplicates are allowed).  If all six numbers on the player's ticket match those produced in the official drawing (regardless of the order in which the numbers are drawn), then the player is a jackpot winner.  For such a lottery, the chance of being a jackpot winner is 1 in 13,983,816. (wiki/)

that's one chance in 13 million, 983 thousand, 8 hundred and 16.  not a bad chance, considering that there are more than 90 million filipinos, hehe. 

[bugsay]

unsaon pag daug?
naa ba kaha'y makatambag nato ani?

[islander]

akong tambag, motuo ka o di, kay palit lang.  kun di ka mopalit, 1 in 5 billion imong chance. 

[bugsay]

akong tambag, motuo ka o di, kay palit lang.  kun di ka mopalit, 1 in 5 billion imong chance. 

atleast naa gihapo'y chance...kay sa wa gyud.....hehehe

[islander]

ay, sayop ko... kun di ka mopalit, bisag 1 in 5 billion, wa gihapon kay chance.  mas may chance ka pang makaanak ug unlan.

[islander]

Those odds [of winning the lotto] are so long that you are more likely to:

1. Be killed in a terrorist attack while travelling (1 in 650,000).
2. Die — during an average lifetime — of flesh-eating disease (1 in one million).
3. Be killed by lightning (1 in 56,439).

You are three times more likely to be killed in a traffic accident driving 16 kilometers to buy your ticket than winning the jackpot.

In 2002, you were about 10 times more likely to die after being bitten by a poisonous snake or lizard than to win a Lotto 6/49 jackpot.  Odds for the snakebite death are one in 1,241,661, according to the U.S. National Safety Council.

Want to increase your chances?  Buy 50 tickets a week.  You are very likely to win the jackpot at least once — in 5,000 years.

Say you're standing on a football field.  You're blindfolded and holding a pin.  A friend has released an ant on the field.  Your chance of piercing that ant with your pin is about the same as winning a Lotto 6/49 jackpot.  One in 14 million.  Not exactly a sure bet.

You can increase your odds — for a price.  You could try to buy enough tickets to cover all possible six number combinations, but at two bucks a shot, that comes out to $27,967,632.

Hardly seems worth the effort, even with the biggest jackpots, especially if two or three other people come up with the same idea.


more at http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2009/11/09/f-lotteries-what-are-the-odds.html

[islander]

but why are there winners just the same?  naturalmente.  sila ang 1 in 13,983,816 every time.  the next one could be you!