EuroMillions - European Lottery [Archive]

Ronin

11-17-2006, 18:08

So who´s playing today?

I´m playing by myself and also in a group at the office...

come on...come one...let it be today....180 million €€€€€€€€!!!!! :2thumbsup:

I want to retire at 24 :laugh4: :2thumbsup:

Moros

11-17-2006, 21:45

Hmm Cool if I'd win I can retire without ever having had to work.

Ronin

11-17-2006, 23:40

awwww drats *rips up ticket* :furious3:

Samurai Waki

11-18-2006, 04:06

You do realize that your chances of being struck by lightening are seven times greater than ever winning the lottery?

satchef1

11-18-2006, 19:49

This is the Euromillions lottery, they use 2 'bonus balls' so the odds are even worse :laugh4:

There are methods for choosing numbers that can significantly reduce the odds though. IIRC one method, discovered by a syndicate of maths proffessors at Cambridge University, drops the odds down to about 60,000:1. Only problem is its based on a syndicate of 20 people buying 20 tickets twice a week for 3+ years :help: The guys who made it won £2,500,000 a few months back (although it aint really all that life changing when divided between 20)

BDC

11-20-2006, 16:15

I don't think you can increase the odds of winning, but you can increase the odds of you alone winning. Choose higher numbers, as people tend to choose birthdays etc, so numbers before 31 tend to have more people going for them...

Ronin

11-20-2006, 17:01

You do realize that your chances of being struck by lightening are seven times greater than ever winning the lottery?

I will have no rational thinking comming into this discussion!!!

It´s the lottery dammit! :laugh4: :yes:

Moros

11-20-2006, 18:50

This is the Euromillions lottery, they use 2 'bonus balls' so the odds are even worse :laugh4:

There are methods for choosing numbers that can significantly reduce the odds though. IIRC one method, discovered by a syndicate of maths proffessors at Cambridge University, drops the odds down to about 60,000:1. Only problem is its based on a syndicate of 20 people buying 20 tickets twice a week for 3+ years :help: The guys who made it won £2,500,000 a few months back (although it aint really all that life changing when divided between 20)
Now the question remains if the actually made profit or not. Now lets see:

2.500.000/20=125000. 12500/(52*3)=801,28 801,28/40 (2 times 20 tickets) = 20,03

As I guess a ticket is cheaper then 20.03€ so I guess they made some profit. But we must not forget the fact that it was for longer then 3 years (and I used 3 years). Now if someone knows the price it's simple to find out if they actually made profit or not.

ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88

11-21-2006, 04:14

don't worry, just blow 50,000$ on tickets and you will win....sooner or later :) :)

Ice

11-21-2006, 05:30

don't worry, just blow 50,000$ on tickets and you will win....sooner or later :) :)

Actually, the odds are still against you for a long time. Lol.

I play the lottery sometimes. Hey, it could happen, you could win. I usually only play though when its +$200 million.

GoreBag

11-22-2006, 02:43

Whoa, that's a huge lottery..

ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88

11-22-2006, 21:15

Actually, the odds are still against you for a long time. Lol.

I play the lottery sometimes. Hey, it could happen, you could win. I usually only play though when its +$200 million.

of course.. I remember in the US, the last big lottely was 313 million or something :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: