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unklefolk
2029 days ago
What are the chances? 6 consecutive numbers when 6 balls are picked from a set of 50 balls? Ref:
https://www.nationallottery.co.za/about/how-to-powerball
(Actually, the 6th ball - the "powerball" is picked from a set of 20 just to complicate things)
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unklefolk
2029 days ago
My rough estimate is: 1/2 * 10/49 * 4/48 * 3/47 * 2/46 * 1/20 = 1 in 3,390,016
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