Research

now sorting out the methods for number generation. Full list up later today and relating it back to luck, history, fortune.

First up. Famous Sequences, number series.

http://www.mathsisgoodforyou.com/worksheets/fibonaccirabbits.pdf

19.02.2011

We\re on!

Press Release

This Week.

- Write Press Release

http://www.artquest.org.uk/showing-and-selling/press-and-publicity.htm

http://www.artsmediacontacts.co.uk/

- Talk to Mark Mcgowan

- Holding Page for Website, 'It Could Be You...'
- Tag other media etc on the internet with I.C.B.Y

-Think of the other ways of Choosing numbers randomly.
22 different ways.

http://www.theluckguide.com/

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http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kH5BAAAACAAJ&dq=Careful+What+You+Wish+For,+SEAN+BORU&hl=en&ei=1mwLTd3lJcexhQft_tXMCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA

Additionally

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery_mathematics

ODDS

Lotto Odds:

• 3 numbers – 1 : 55.65593
• 4 numbers – 1 : 1,031.397
• 5 numbers – 1 : 55,490.33
• 5 numbers + Bonus ball – 1 : 2,330,365
• 6 numbers – 1 : 13,983,815

Source

Alternative Lotto odds and potential winnings:

• The Jackpot - 6 Numbers (Typical prize: £2 million)
  6 numbers are drawn at random from the set of integers between 1 and 49, which means there are 49!/(6!*(49-6)!) combinations of numbers - this means that the jackpot chance is 1 in 13,983,816 or approximately 1 in 14 million.
  

• 5 Numbers + Bonus Number (Typical prize: £100,000)
  You are still matching 6 numbers from the 1 to 49 set as above, but you can now do it in 6 different ways (by dropping each of the main numbers in turn), therefore the chance is 1 in 13,983,816/6, which works out as 1 in 2,330,636.
  

• 5 Numbers (Typical prize: £1,500)
  This is 42 times more likely than getting 5 numbers + the bonus number - the chance is 1 in 2,330,636/42, which evaluates to 1 in 55,491.33333.
  

• 4 Numbers (Typical prize: £65)
  Firstly, let's take the case of the first 4 of your numbers matching and the last 2 not matching.
  In this single case (where each set of chances relies on the previous event occurring):

  Chance that your 1st number matches a winning lottery number is 1 in 49/6.
  Chance that your 2nd number matches a winning lottery number is 1 in 48/5.
  Chance that your 3rd number matches a winning lottery number is 1 in 47/4.
  Chance that your 4th number matches a winning lottery number is 1 in 46/3.
  Chance that your 5th number doesn't match a winning number is 1 in 45/(45-2) [because there are still 2 unmatched winning numbers].
  Chance that your 6th number doesn't match a winning number is 1 in 44/(44-2) [yes, still 2 unmatched winning numbers].

  Source

  
  

  
  

  Thomas