A List of Things More Likely Than You Winning Tomorrow’s $540 Million Lotto Jackpot

[wheels]

That’s not correct.

Its (5/56)(4/55)(3/54)(2/53)(1/52)*(1/46)= 5.69114597e−9
Then 1/ 5.69114597e−9= 175711536

So, 1 in 175,711,536

Since americans have spent 1.5 billion on tickets, having all the combinations is easily covered.

@Cossey

Here’s what I find interesting.:

To get the five numbers to match (1-56, with each number drawn reducing numbers in “pot”) and then the final number (a number from 1-46)
5655545352*46

= 21,085,384,320.

My math may be off on that though.

Even just the first five numbers: 458,377,920.

The billion and million numbers are the amount of tickets that need to be sold to have every possible combination.