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Old 06-16-2004, 08:22 PM  
rhizome
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Originally posted by Meta Ridley
But are you saying buying 100 tickets would give you gaurenteed odds of 1 in 470,000 at the same jackpot?
Yes, it's the same math. Just imagine you had to pick one number from 1 to 10. Your chances of winning are 1 in 10 but if you buy 5 tickets, you cover 5 of the possible 10 numbers so the odds drop to 1 in 2. Pretty basic stuff.
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