What is the probability of winning the lottery - what science says
It is interesting to consider the lottery from the point of view of science. What are the chances of winning?
The theory of probability is responsible for such calculations.. The chance is simply: the factorial of all possible options is divided by the factorial of the outcome.
But it is not possible to accurately calculate the chance for all drawn lotteries.. In such, like "Russian Lotto", the chance depends on the circulation. In large editions, the bag remains 2 barrel and the number of prize tickets reaches 40%.
Most wins are small cash prizes, however, this does not prevent the organizers from loudly declaring, that every third ticket wins.
Having considered the most popular Russian and world representatives, we get the following:
| Name | rules | Chance to win the Jackpot |
| The slogan 5 of 36 | 5 of 36 | 1/376 992 |
| The slogan 6 of 45 | 6 of 45 | 1/8 145 060 |
| The primitive | 6 of 49 | 1/13 983 816 |
| EuroJackpot | 5 of 50 + 2 of 10 | 1/95 344 200 |
| EuroMillions | 5 of 50 + 2 of 12 | 1/139 838 160 |
| Mega Millions | 5 of 75 + 1 of 15 | 1/258 890 850 |
| Powerball | 5 of 69 + 1 of 26 | 1/292 201 338 |
