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Old 06-16-2004, 08:15 PM  
Meta Ridley
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Originally posted by rhizome
There's a finite number of combinations (47 million) with one combination being guaranteed to win. So if you bought 47 million tickets (all combinations possible), are you saying your chances of winning are still 1 in 47 million?


Not at all, you would in fact be gaurenteed to win. And with a jackpot of $121 million , it would be a good investment.

But are you saying buying 100 tickets would give you gaurenteed odds of 1 in 470,000 at the same jackpot?

Well if nothing else at least the thread got bumped for him.
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