What are the odds that 1 number could come up 6 times for the lottery?

Question

i believe they do have duplicate numbers, i recall a time i saw a 6 twice.

Answer 1

You can only answer this by knowing the following:

The total number of different numbers in the draw (e.g. 49)

The number of duplicates of each number (I thought it was zero - just one of each number)

Whether removed numbers are immediately replaced or kept out for the rest of the draw

Then, the odds of getting six ones would be:

Say you have x ones in the pot and y balls overall in the pot - assume numbers aren't replaced - and assume the same number of duplicates for each number. The formula would be:

(x/y) multiplied by

((x-1)/(y-1)) multiplied by

((x-2)/(y-2)) multiplied by

((x-3)/(y-3)) multiplied by

((x-4)/(y-4)) multiplied by

((x-5)/(y-5))

And because you want to know the odds for six identical numbers, regardless of what the number is, you'd multiply the answer to the equation by the number of different numbers.

It's not as complicated as it sounds.

Answer 2

0% they dont have duplicate numbers it 1 - whatever.

ur very vague. do u mean like 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7?

or 43, 6, 23, 54, 9, 1 over 6 times in a week or yr. ur weird.. this is a stupid?.

Answer 3

If you mean over a period of time, then, it's no likely. But i've noticed that there's always a number in the 40's, Like last time i watched it, there was 42 and 44 (Or something similar).

To answer your question, it is very unlikely... i'm no good with odds. :)