why the lotto game cannot be predicted?
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I assume you mean the lotto that is done through the ping pong ball machines.  This cannot be predicted due to the random selection of numbers.  For example if there are 50 numbers available and you need to pick 5, then there are 50 available for the first number then fourty nine for the second (because you already used one!)  Then fourty eight for the third...etc.  So mathematically your odds are 50*49*48*47*46 to 1.  That 254251200 to 1.
14573
Progressive jackpots work just like any other gambling event. It is slightly more difficult to find the expectation for a progressive jackpot since it constantly changes. There is a break-even point for progressives when it makes sense to play that particular game. Unfortunately, players don't usually know the actual odds to a slot machine so it is impossible to calculate the actual break-even point.\nUnlike many other gambling games, it is possible to systematically make money on a progressive slot machine by playing only when you have good odds. This is not a technique applicable to the casual gambler.
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Hearts is a game involving chance but also considerable skill. If someone were very proficient at keeping track of the cards that had been played, they could probably win 30+ times in a row. Because of this, I don't think it would be able to calculate a probability. But congrats, though, 13 times is tres awesome!
1038023
It's impossible to know.  There is a chance, but you'll probably win the lottery first.
850473
The lottery determines the order of the first 14 picks. Only teams that did not make the playoffs are eligible for the lottery. The chance that a team wins the lottery is determined by that teams record the previous season. Teams with the worst records, have a greater statistical chance of winning the lotter than those with better records. The remaining picks are determined by record as well.
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Here's some signs of a lotto scam:\n\n*You never paid money or bought a ticket to enter.\n*Your "winning" notification is probably not personalized.\n*Your "winning" notification came by email, probably from a free email address such as yahoo.com or msn.com.\n\nIf you answer the email, after one or two email exchanges with the so-called "lottery officials" or "claims agent," perhaps accompianied by some official looking but fake documents, you'll be asked to pay fees for "taxes" or "handling" or some other reason. This is the scam - you pay the fees and never see any winnings, mainly because there are none to see.
884140
That is essentially correct, HOWEVER...\nthere are other factors.\n\nYou have in effect calculated the expected value of your ticket if they only rewarded the top prize.  There are other prizes for fewer numbers hit as well, and these are often set values which do not change as the prize "pool" increases.  These would have to be taken into account. \nAlso, there is the slight but very possible chance that someone else hits the big prize simultaneously, (especially when the pool becomes relatively large compared with the odds:  the number of people buying tickets rises much greater than linearly) , in which case you split it.  While this would be taken into account in both lotteries, the differential between the "value" of the two would be smaller.\nNow if the odds of a lottery were, say 10,000,000 : 1, and the payout for the top prize were 20,000,000, then it might actually be worth spending $10,000,000 to purchase every ticket, guaranteeing a win!  (Not only do you win the top prize, but you have hundreds of smaller prizes too.  But again, this would depend heavily on the number of tickets in circulation).  In fact, a few years ago an international consortium did just that and purchased ~96% of possible powerball ticket combinations when the payout exceeded 4 times the (inverse of the) probability.  (They won by the way)\nIf you go for the one with the higher probability as another answerer has suggested, then by continuation of this hypothesis you should just forget about the lottery and flip coins against your neighbor for $1.\nIn any event,  the lottery is usually just a tax on people who are bad at math.
249334
The chances of anyone winning the lottery are extremely slim. It'd be wise to invest your money elsewhere.
530353
I KNEW you were going to ask that! \n\nTruthfully, we cannot predict the future, but we can make guesses. Based on what has gone on before, our mind creates patterns which create some order and predictability.
11678
Easy! Just predict next week's lottery numbers...\nPS let me know too...
410404
It is a scam / hoax / BS.\n\nThe lottery will not contact you if you win...you have to have the winning ticket in your hand and take yourself to the lotto outlet and have it scanned.\n\nIf you have any doubts...go to the website below and look up your scam-mail!
518446
Lotteries are a tax on people who aren't good at math.  Lottery software is double taxation.  You can't improve your odds of winnning something based on probability, no person or software can predict the future or better your odds.  The best way to win at lotteries is to keep your money.
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Anything is possible in Football, nobody predicted that Greece would win Euro 94 that was a big shock and match after match everyone predicted that they would lose. When a team has no pressure, good team spirit and a little luck anything is possible. Look at it this way, they have more chance than Wales and Scotland who have already been knocked out... If your in it you can win it!!
75425
Most of them are scams. It's often illegal to enter them, in the few cases when the lottery actually exists. More often than not, you'll just send your money off and never see it again. If they're operating out of a foreign country, you'll have very little comeback if they take the money and run.\n\nBe especially wary of winning notifications from international lotteries you don't recall entering - every single one of these is a scam.
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In ONE draw, a RED, FACE card is techinically unlikely.  It's a 50-50 chance it's red, and riding on that 50-50, a 3-10 chance it's a face.\nIt's a 30% chance on a 50% chance, making it 15% overall, I think.  What does the area of it have to do with it?
745507
diidy, how could the odds get worse when you buy more tickets?\n\nI think there are actually two answers, depending on whether each ticket is independent of the others or not.\n\nIf each ticket is independent, and there's no guarantee as to how many tickets there are or how many winners there will be, then think of it this way.  The odds of any ticket NOT winning are 299:300.  Therefore the odds of NO ticket winning are 299^n:300^n, where n is the number of tickets.  The odds of at least one ticket winning are 1 - the odds of no ticket winning, or 1 - 299^n:300^n, or (300^n - 299^n):300^n.\n\nIf there are 300 tickets of which 1 is a winner, then the odds of winning are n:300.
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IF YOU DIDN'T ENTER A LOTTERY YOU DIDN'T WIN A LOTTERY.\n\nLegitmate lotteries don't use email to notify winners.\n\nInternational lotteries are illegal in almost every country.\n\nThe email is a common fraud.  Delete it - do not respond.