If I play a lottery game with odds of 1:142,500 for each play, and purchase 5 plays, what are my odds then?

Question

Is it like 1:65,000 or something or does it not go down by that much? I am good at math, but i keep getting confusing answers from people. I know they are stupid odds though, but am just curious. I play this game once in a while called Treasure Hunt from PA lottery. Thanks!

Answer 1

5:65,000, that first number represents how many tickets you bought

Answer 2

odds of winning the lottery do not change much when you buy more tickets, if the odds are 1:142,500, than 5 tickets would be 5:142,500

1 ticket has .0007% chance of winning

5 tickets has a .0035 % chance of winning,

Still not good~!

Answer 3

You will have the same odds on each ticket depending on 'shared win' game rules. Otherwise, why not just buy 142,500 specific tickets whenever the pot goes over $142,500?

It's an okay way to donate to older residents I guess - minus the admin costs :)

Dr. math addresses it http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.pro... combination and permutation will give you the definitive answer and good reason to believe it :)

Answer 4

Try

www.lotteryinsight.com

instead