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

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-list-of-things-more-likely-than-you-winning-tomorrow-s-540-million-lotto-jackpot/263185/91 "2012-03-30T20:13:04Z")

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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.

> [@Cops saying you smoke weed?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cops-saying-you-smoke-weed/48835/17):
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> Here’s what I find interesting.:
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> 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)  
> 56_55_54_53_52\*46
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> = 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.

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