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can we even calculate the odds of someone else in the group buying a ticket with the same numbers as one of ours and that number winning?

Posted by Andie Mar 30 '12, 09:32

i mean, how many zeros are we talking? that two connected people would correctly and independently pick the winning numbers?

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I bought two tickets tuesday, one auto pick, one my numbers. - tRu Pad Mar 30, 09:33
Same odds as winning? -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:33 7
- no, i don't think so. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 09:33 6
  - My guess --- 1 in 365k or whatever our odds are of winning. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 09:35 3
    - everyone missed the 'and that number winning' part -- nm - The Unsinkable Andie Brown Mar 30, 09:37 2
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      - from what i learned in math, just add several zeroes. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 09:38
  - because the odds of me and you having the same numbers (if we had one ticket each) are 1:175,000,000, right? then, a third party draws and picks - Andie Mar 30, 09:34 1
    - Ah, missed the winning part. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 09:36

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