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Hazys · 20-04-2009 04:30AM

PCPhoto wrote: »

so ....next time the jackpot is over 8mill you can guarantee to break even....if only I had known this last week .... spend 8 to win 14 :P (anyone willing to give me a loan of 8.125Mill ??? )
:p:p:p:p

Not if someone has the same numbers as youand wins too, its halfed...your down 4mill

magicianz · 20-04-2009 08:07AM

Hazys wrote: »

Not if someone has the same numbers as youand wins too, its halfed...your down 4mill

Wait.....half of 14 is 7....so hes only down 1 million :-) my brain hurts now after maths :-(

Sam Vimes · 20-04-2009 08:56AM

BrightEyes wrote: »

Idiot tax

Dolores McNamara got a huge rebate so

Sam Vimes · 20-04-2009 09:00AM

PCPhoto wrote: »

so ....next time the jackpot is over 8mill you can guarantee to break even....if only I had known this last week .... spend 8 to win 14 :P (anyone willing to give me a loan of 8.125Mill ??? )
:p:p:p:p

It'd only cost you 8.125 mil if it was €1 a ticket

tony1kenobi · 20-04-2009 09:04AM

davekdk wrote: »

to get an idea of how impossible it actually is to win!!!

The odds of winning the lottery are 2/1. You either win it or you don't.

ShooterSF · 20-04-2009 09:34AM

robinph wrote: »

That would be a very bad combination of numbers to pick. Was possibly the UK lottery they were on about, but I did hear it mentioned that the number of tickets sold each week with that combination was in the thousands.

Calibos wrote: »

Ha ha, another one

2000+ people in Ireland do those numbers every draw. Have 5 or 6 customers in our shop alone that do them. Yis all picked them for the very same reason. The joke will be on you should they come up. Because of the way the Jackpot prizefund is ring fenced from the fund for the rest of the prizes, this means that you'd normally be lucky to get more than the Match 5 winners for your 6 numbers. ie on average until the jackpot gets to the 4 million mark, your 6 numbers would win you less than someone with 5 numbers. Even with the huge 14 million jackpot this weekend, your 2000th share would only have been 7,000.

Damn. Change of plan so.

RandolphEsq · 20-04-2009 10:50AM

For the massive EuroMillions draw a while back, it was possible to get every possible combination and not have to pay more for them than how much the prize was. In fact I think the prize fund was double what it would have cost (150,000,000 prizefund)

and2 · 20-04-2009 10:55AM

Was over in Glenagery friday evening visiting a mate, popped into the spar there and did a €4 quickpick... happy days

deadhead13 · 20-04-2009 02:43PM

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I think some people worked out all the possible combinations, bought them all and obviously won. that's why they changed the amount of numbers

Vaguely remember this happening in the late 80's or early 90's. I think it was 6 out of 36 numbers at the time. A syndicate brought all the possible combinations and as far as I know won.

They had to wait for a big jackpot for it to be viable, but if there had been more than one winner they would have got stung.

Tippex · 20-04-2009 03:43PM

Don't forget about all the minor prizes you would also win however the minor prizes would be a lot less than currently as you would have every possible combination and therefore a lot more claims for the minor prizes. Plus it would be a pain in the arse signing all the winning tickets.

davekdk · 03-03-2010 02:11PM

and2 wrote: »

Was over in Glenagery friday evening visiting a mate, popped into the spar there and did a €4 quickpick... happy days

Can I have some money then please?!

biko · 03-03-2010 02:14PM

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