Tuesday, 30 June 2009

We're in the money


I just heard some University statistician say on radio that if you spent $54,000,000 buying every possible combination of numbers in tonight's record Lotto draw you'd be guaranteed the first prize of $90,000,000.

She didn't point out that should even just one other syndicate have the winning numbers too you would have to share the first prize and actually lose a minimum of $9,000,000.

3 comments:

  1. And that other winner may have only spent $1.00 to win all that. :-)

    And don't forget the taxes that are taken out of the winnings.

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  2. Two people shared the first prize which in the end was over $106,000,000.

    Steven, lottery winnings are not taxed in Australia.

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