What are the odds?
Lets say that the odds of winning the Euromillions jackpot are 78million to 1.
If I buy 1 ticket my chances of winning will be 1:78,000,000.
But if I buy two tickets will my chances be doubled?
My chances will be 2:78,000,000 - Is this the same as them being 1:36,000,000?
are the odds halved?
Answers:
There are 76,275,360 different possible tickets. Therefore if you buy one ticket your chances are 1 in 76275360. If you buy two tickets your chances are 2 /76275360 or 1/38137680.
If you buy 76275360 (different) tickets then your chances are 76275360/76275360 or 1! Hence you will definitely win.
(Your odds are halved by doubling the amount of tickets you buy as long as each has different number combinations)
Nope 1:39,000,000
Yes, your odds are halved if you double the number of tickets you have.
yes the chances are doubled and the odds against winning halved
no i think the dds of wining are more than 78 000000 because you need to gues the numbers too
Yes. And 2 + 2 = 4.
i h8 stats its v hard, but yes you are right
yes, the chances are doubled but 2*36,000,000 is NOT 78,000,000.
it should be 1:39,000,000
No. The chances of each ticket bought have a 76 million to one chance of winning. So if you bought two tickets you are merely doubling your chances, but each ticket still has the same odds of 76 million to one. To have a certain chance of winning you would have to buy 76 million tickets, thereby have all the possible winning combinations. You will have the winning ticket and therefore scoop the jackpot( £120 million next week), but someone else may have the same numbers, or more than one. Is it worth the gamble?
you've reduced the chances to
1:39,000,000
i hope that this helps
yup right.
i really dont know
yes
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If I buy 1 ticket my chances of winning will be 1:78,000,000.
But if I buy two tickets will my chances be doubled?
My chances will be 2:78,000,000 - Is this the same as them being 1:36,000,000?
are the odds halved?
Answers:
There are 76,275,360 different possible tickets. Therefore if you buy one ticket your chances are 1 in 76275360. If you buy two tickets your chances are 2 /76275360 or 1/38137680.
If you buy 76275360 (different) tickets then your chances are 76275360/76275360 or 1! Hence you will definitely win.
(Your odds are halved by doubling the amount of tickets you buy as long as each has different number combinations)
Nope 1:39,000,000
Yes, your odds are halved if you double the number of tickets you have.
yes the chances are doubled and the odds against winning halved
no i think the dds of wining are more than 78 000000 because you need to gues the numbers too
Yes. And 2 + 2 = 4.
i h8 stats its v hard, but yes you are right
yes, the chances are doubled but 2*36,000,000 is NOT 78,000,000.
it should be 1:39,000,000
No. The chances of each ticket bought have a 76 million to one chance of winning. So if you bought two tickets you are merely doubling your chances, but each ticket still has the same odds of 76 million to one. To have a certain chance of winning you would have to buy 76 million tickets, thereby have all the possible winning combinations. You will have the winning ticket and therefore scoop the jackpot( £120 million next week), but someone else may have the same numbers, or more than one. Is it worth the gamble?
you've reduced the chances to
1:39,000,000
i hope that this helps
yup right.
i really dont know
yes
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