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Calculating Odds

  • 18-05-2011 07:59AM
    #1
    busyliving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    Just wondering if anyone could do me a favour and work out some odds for?

    Basically i'm looking for the odds of 3 numbers coming up in the lotto, including the bonus number.

    Lets just say for arguments sake the numbers are 8, 16, 27

    Cheers in advance


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  • #2
    Browney7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭Browney7


    Think this should be what you want.

    Total of 7 Numbers drawn. Total of 45 numbers to be drawn from.

    (45*44*43)/(7*6*5) which results in a 1 in 405.429 chance. (3 With Bonus)
    (45*44*43)/(6*5*4) which results in a 1 in 709.50 chance. (3 With no bonus)


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