Sunday, 19 December 2010
Friday, 17 December 2010
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
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].Thomas
Thursday, 16 December 2010
snap
shot
it really was a show for everyone.
thanks to whoever recorded this one off their TV back in the 94. Should definitely be able to pick out some visuals for a film here. (lucy?)
publication structure
Publication
To break down the publication and working with the structure of an existing lotto form. There are 7 opportunities for different number choices on each form. These 7 opportunities will act as our 7 chapters / opportunities to get across various points, arguments, strategies for playing, research histories and explain our progress with the project.
Lotto chapters
1- Introduction to project and Those That Move. Briefly how we've worked previously, then an introduction to this project, our initial proposals - outlines, goals, press releases.
2- Money's value in society - the value of working vs. the urge to gamble. current financial status as freelance designers, recent graduates and the constant struggle in daily life. Chances growth/relevance in art and design culture.
3- History 1 - fortune, luck, the ways it sits in culture and has played big parts of small and large societies, groups. Dating back to before technology and work.
4- Lotto History > camelot group its charity, set-up. The national lottery group, machines, draws, wins, facts.
5- National lottery stories, Interviews with winners, players, localised 'gamblers'. ( are they gamblers, is this a game of chance, luck).
6- The big game. Our number picks, ( the way we went about it - picking numbers in different ways) The big draw (where we watched it) the results.
7- Round up. Evaluation. Development of project, the making of our designs, _ the filming, publication.- where do we go from here. Travelling exhibition, and film showing?
To break down the publication and working with the structure of an existing lotto form. There are 7 opportunities for different number choices on each form. These 7 opportunities will act as our 7 chapters / opportunities to get across various points, arguments, strategies for playing, research histories and explain our progress with the project.
Lotto chapters
1- Introduction to project and Those That Move. Briefly how we've worked previously, then an introduction to this project, our initial proposals - outlines, goals, press releases.
2- Money's value in society - the value of working vs. the urge to gamble. current financial status as freelance designers, recent graduates and the constant struggle in daily life. Chances growth/relevance in art and design culture.
3- History 1 - fortune, luck, the ways it sits in culture and has played big parts of small and large societies, groups. Dating back to before technology and work.
4- Lotto History > camelot group its charity, set-up. The national lottery group, machines, draws, wins, facts.
5- National lottery stories, Interviews with winners, players, localised 'gamblers'. ( are they gamblers, is this a game of chance, luck).
6- The big game. Our number picks, ( the way we went about it - picking numbers in different ways) The big draw (where we watched it) the results.
7- Round up. Evaluation. Development of project, the making of our designs, _ the filming, publication.- where do we go from here. Travelling exhibition, and film showing?
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
analyzeeed
More looking into the form and structure of the lotto ticket. How can we use it's elements to inform our publication, layout ideas.
Monday, 13 December 2010
analyse
Initial worked out grid based from measurements of the lotto form. top: 7mm left: 2.5mm
bottom: 2.5 right: 2.5mm
columns: 14 gutter: 1mm
rows: 10 gutter: 1mm
Today started the analyzing of a current lotto form in a visual and conceptual way.
Today started the analyzing of a current lotto form in a visual and conceptual way.
Friday, 10 December 2010
?swastika?
Found it interesting how symbols of luck mean different things around the world. The swastika is one of the worlds most famous logos, It was in fact usurped from north American Indians who used it as symbol of good luck, light, love and life...interesting
Thursday, 9 December 2010
re write
Manifesto. What we WILL do
Trying to put some rules and a loose structure around the project so it doesn't become lost, or played and undocumented. And so that everyone who wants to be involved knows what the deal is.
Those That Move ( we still reside under this name, working together for the second time, people have been invited to par-take in this project due to how much effort they made with the show previously).
Themes/issues/idea's/research to explore: We are doing this project at the end of the day to expose ourselves as the creatives, designers, illustrators that we are, in a new fresh, controversial, unique but interesting way. Basically we going for press in a strong unthought of way, shouting at people to take note of these passionate young designers, willing to gamble their last £150.
Current affairs are a rift with student controversy and riots are loose. This is the perfect time to hit the news as recent graduates and get press by actually doing something.
By using our remaining funds, (£150) we will play the original National Lottery Draw that takes place on a saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Which particular saturday is yet to be decided, but possibly to choose by looking into numerology and lucky number associations in English culture. (unfortunately there is no saturday the 7th until may of 2011).
We will make sure the research we do is in-depth and substantial enough before we play the lottery, in order to put together a publication as soon as possible after we have the results. - elaborating on the research side of the project. People can choose to, or not to submit written, or visual idea's around the theme of the national lottery, historical thoughts through cultures on luck and fortune, these will form a basis for the publication being the majority of content.
Some idea's for content, writings, visual studies for the publication: (1) Initial research in the form of a written and visual essay. Lotteries over the years, the idea of fortune, history, culture working toward present day. Facts, figures. (2) conspiracy around our national lotteries? (3) An interview with someone who works at the national lottery, someone who works with the machines? (4) People related to the lottery, type designers Dalton Maag. Are there more? (5) Interviews with locals who play the lottery. Locals who have won the lottery?
The publication. Introduction, an outlining project proposal, what went on before… what are we proposing as this project. (press release). Why are we doing this? Who is involved? How will we make this project more than just a game?
Playing the game. As we've said we before we will be playing our entire budget on lottery tickets, roughly £150. We will collectively pick the numbers (1-49) drawing them singularly from a hat, at random 150 times.
This entire process will be video'd and shot on camera ( or do we take stills from the film?)
We play all the lottery tickets in the same corner shop, lottery seller, it will be in Peckham, as close to college as possible. We will film this entire process.
Once the tickets, have been purchased, they will each be scanned in and kept in a safe place, waiting for the evening to come around where we will all apprehensively watch at someones house together.
Our winnings will reflect entirely though the outputs that come after the draw. We have set out to make a publication, and a DVD. How can these reflect our winnings?
Loosing everything: All the £150 has gone so we're left with no other choice than to risograph them using the Camberwell Press (cheap paper from brixton paper supplier). The DVD will be run off someones computer onto a blank disc. Scribbled on.
Winning something: The money made will be put straight into making our publication and essentially our presence quality stronger. Lithography?
To mark the end of the project, the completion of a publication and a compelling of the footage we will put on an event, hopefully in a great venue in London, depending how we received our press release is in the first place. Where we will sell the publications for a pound - mimicking the chance we had with winning to the chance these people have of getting something out our story.
There will be a screening of the finished short film. We will have champagne. Because we are still winners.
Trying to put some rules and a loose structure around the project so it doesn't become lost, or played and undocumented. And so that everyone who wants to be involved knows what the deal is.
Those That Move ( we still reside under this name, working together for the second time, people have been invited to par-take in this project due to how much effort they made with the show previously).
Themes/issues/idea's/research to explore: We are doing this project at the end of the day to expose ourselves as the creatives, designers, illustrators that we are, in a new fresh, controversial, unique but interesting way. Basically we going for press in a strong unthought of way, shouting at people to take note of these passionate young designers, willing to gamble their last £150.
Current affairs are a rift with student controversy and riots are loose. This is the perfect time to hit the news as recent graduates and get press by actually doing something.
By using our remaining funds, (£150) we will play the original National Lottery Draw that takes place on a saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Which particular saturday is yet to be decided, but possibly to choose by looking into numerology and lucky number associations in English culture. (unfortunately there is no saturday the 7th until may of 2011).
We will make sure the research we do is in-depth and substantial enough before we play the lottery, in order to put together a publication as soon as possible after we have the results. - elaborating on the research side of the project. People can choose to, or not to submit written, or visual idea's around the theme of the national lottery, historical thoughts through cultures on luck and fortune, these will form a basis for the publication being the majority of content.
Some idea's for content, writings, visual studies for the publication: (1) Initial research in the form of a written and visual essay. Lotteries over the years, the idea of fortune, history, culture working toward present day. Facts, figures. (2) conspiracy around our national lotteries? (3) An interview with someone who works at the national lottery, someone who works with the machines? (4) People related to the lottery, type designers Dalton Maag. Are there more? (5) Interviews with locals who play the lottery. Locals who have won the lottery?
The publication. Introduction, an outlining project proposal, what went on before… what are we proposing as this project. (press release). Why are we doing this? Who is involved? How will we make this project more than just a game?
Playing the game. As we've said we before we will be playing our entire budget on lottery tickets, roughly £150. We will collectively pick the numbers (1-49) drawing them singularly from a hat, at random 150 times.
This entire process will be video'd and shot on camera ( or do we take stills from the film?)
We play all the lottery tickets in the same corner shop, lottery seller, it will be in Peckham, as close to college as possible. We will film this entire process.
Once the tickets, have been purchased, they will each be scanned in and kept in a safe place, waiting for the evening to come around where we will all apprehensively watch at someones house together.
Our winnings will reflect entirely though the outputs that come after the draw. We have set out to make a publication, and a DVD. How can these reflect our winnings?
Loosing everything: All the £150 has gone so we're left with no other choice than to risograph them using the Camberwell Press (cheap paper from brixton paper supplier). The DVD will be run off someones computer onto a blank disc. Scribbled on.
Winning something: The money made will be put straight into making our publication and essentially our presence quality stronger. Lithography?
To mark the end of the project, the completion of a publication and a compelling of the footage we will put on an event, hopefully in a great venue in London, depending how we received our press release is in the first place. Where we will sell the publications for a pound - mimicking the chance we had with winning to the chance these people have of getting something out our story.
There will be a screening of the finished short film. We will have champagne. Because we are still winners.
Manifesto
Setting out a few rules for our Lottery project proposal.
- Exploring chance/luck - Using this a new unique way of exposing ourselves as designers.
- Using our remaining exhibition funds, the small amount, no use to any of us individually but valuable collectively.
- Picking a specific day based around luck/chance/fortuity.
Although england doesn't really have much fortuitous numbers in a way of Numerology.
- We have enough research before doing the draw to have a substantial publication worth printing, and hopefully worth reading. - We sell each one for a pound?
- Picking the numbers. We will draw for the draw. Picked at random from a hat.
We have the numbers 1-49 to play with and 150 times to chance the right combination of those.
- We will document this entire process - through film ( to then be edited for showing )
- through image, written documentation, interviews.
- Potential winnings - Quality of documentation will be reflected by how much/little is won.
- Gamble all $150 in one night.
Luck of the draw
Luck or fortuity is good or bad fortune in life caused by accident or chance, and attributed by some to reasons of faith or superstition, which happens beyond a person's control.[1][2][3]
The term "luck" is pervasive in common speech.[4] There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the proscriptive sense and the descriptive sense. In the proscriptive sense, luck is the supernatural and deterministic concept that there is a force which proscribes that certain events occur very much the way the laws of physics will proscribe that certain events occur. It is the proscriptive sense that people mean when they state that they "do not believe in luck." In the descriptive sense, luck is merely a descriptive name we give to events after they occur which we find to be fortuitous.
Cultural views of luck vary from perceiving luck as a matter of random chance to attributing to luck explanations of faith or superstition. For example, the Romans believed in the embodiment of luck as the goddess Fortuna,[5] while the atheist and philosopher Daniel Dennett believes that "luck is mere luck" rather than a property of a person or thing.[6]
Lucky symbols have widespread global appeal and are represented by human, animal, botanical and inanimate objects. They are always meaning a form of superstition.
luck of the draw
Book to read. 'Tales of real life lottery winners ... and losers'
Get our own tales from people who've played and won, played and lost... alot
English idiom. 'Luck of the Draw'. To win something in competition that has been drawn or judged by an unknown third party. _ by chance.
Saturday, 4 December 2010
Friday, 3 December 2010
fingers crossed.
Eamon Holmes crosses his fingers here infront of one of the National Lottery machines. Each machine is hand made in Pensylvania at a cost of £50,000. Is Mr Holmes hoping the machine doesn't break?No, more likely with that uneasy smile he's forcing it's because he's told a massive lie and doesn't want anyone to know that he's rigged the whole thing.
The superstion of crossing ones fingers is used to wish good luck, but also in a promising loophole it has taken on premise when held behind ones back to nulify a promise.
In older more suspitious of times the crossing of fingers was used to ward of witches. ha. Good luck
Percentage
- 70% of the UK population play regularly.
- 94% of UK adult population has played the National Lottery at some time.
- 40% of all adults playing the lottery are in a syndicate.
- Over 50% of major National lottery prize winners return to work.
70% of the UK's population give to charity regulary?
I don't think there is any other game, programme, book, play, or statement that could fit such a high percentage as 94% of the UK's adult population. Apart from maybe very generic idea's. Like drunk a cup of tea. Crossed a road. Watched television.
The lottery takes more money than it gives?
Just another cynical accusation coming from my hands today. It may be true, but it may not be their fault.
Unclaimed winnings top £10,000,000 in last five months.
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.do
You've got to give them credit, they put it up there.
You may have lost your tickets, forgotten to check it or have been to scared; as the story of one old lady tells.
The Largest unclaimed prize. £2,054,754 in Hull, in May 1996. A 89 year woman claim to have the winning ticket, but too scared to claim it, as reported in UK newspaper. There was even a plane with a banner flying over Hull to find the winner. The 180 days deadline had expired on 21 November 96.
more lottery facts
Unclaimed winnings top £10,000,000 in last five months.
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.do
You've got to give them credit, they put it up there.
You may have lost your tickets, forgotten to check it or have been to scared; as the story of one old lady tells.
The Largest unclaimed prize. £2,054,754 in Hull, in May 1996. A 89 year woman claim to have the winning ticket, but too scared to claim it, as reported in UK newspaper. There was even a plane with a banner flying over Hull to find the winner. The 180 days deadline had expired on 21 November 96.
more lottery facts
wheel of fortune
[image fortuna]Here Roman goddess Fortuna (Fortuna roman for fortune is the personification of luck, but also the goddess of fate could represent both good and bad luck).
This image shows her governing 4 stages of life in an ancient manuscript. Also known as the 'Wheel of Fortune'
Another game of chance, brings a more tactile role to the player. Allowing them to eagerly watch as their chance spins around on a giant disc in front of them. It is slightly more humane that the lottery as you obviously don't pay for the priveledge of the chance to win.
But then they do make money from viewers that watch players trying their luck at winning. hmm
The famous pointing finger. Referencing once again that haunting tag line for any game involving money. "it could be you".
luck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck
wiki page for Luck. Needs more researching. Look into luck in different era's, cultures, and faiths.
+ It doesn't always end happily.
To get a broad understanding of the National Lottery, the people that play it, the up's and down's it can bring to people and their instantly changed lives.
Also would be nice to interview from the other end of the spectrum. An old, lifelong player who has never one, but continues to play every week out of habbit. (Local South East player)
Story above. Proving the unhappiness this money can bring.
wiki page for Luck. Needs more researching. Look into luck in different era's, cultures, and faiths.
+ It doesn't always end happily.
To get a broad understanding of the National Lottery, the people that play it, the up's and down's it can bring to people and their instantly changed lives.
Also would be nice to interview from the other end of the spectrum. An old, lifelong player who has never one, but continues to play every week out of habbit. (Local South East player)
Man threw away $153,000 lottery ticket
A British postal worker said his marriage ended and he has become a laughing stock at work because he threw away a $153,000 scratch-off lottery ticket.
Cemal Celikkanat, 38, a driver for the Royal Mail, said he thought the dollar amounts on the scratch-off card he purchased at Charnock News and Booze in Sheffield had to be in a row to win, but the card pays out for any three-of-a-kind dollar amounts, the Sheffield Telegraph reported Friday.
"When I found out I felt dizzy and dropped to my knees — it was like being hit over the head. I threw away £100,000 ($153,000)," he said. "I feel so terrible, I think about it every day, it's had a massive impact on my life."
He said he tried to retrieve the ticket from the trash at the convenience store but was told it had already been sent to an incinerator.
"I have left my wife — we were having financial difficulties and this was the final straw. My colleagues tease me saying I must be rich because I can afford to throw away a fortune," he said. "When I bought my first scratch card six years ago you had to have three in a row to win. I assumed that applied to all the games I've played since then — I can't bear to think about how much money I've thrown away."
Those That Move(d)
Not everyone know's about the new proposal for Those That Move yet. But I am using this space just to hold some of the research I've been doing for the new project. "it could be you"
Above feature some images of the National Lottery typeface. Designed by type foundry Dalton Maag for specific use of the national lottery, it has a range of weights, but sadly cannot be bought. In a quite a sadisticly fun way they chose to name it Dream, were they taking the piss? The national lottery clearly realise what they are doing.
An Irish lotto ticket. The subtle background illustrations are a beautfiul touch, just reminding the purchaser that by having bought this peice of paper for the price of 3 euro's they have of course upped there chances of going on holiday, running around with their arms in the air and of course queing to board a plane, with all the other Lotto winners.
Just to appease myself I calculated a quick equation. If said person were to play these same numbers every week for 3 years they would have just spent 468 euro's on a 'chance' that they might win some money.
Having personally never played the lottery before I could come across quite cynical, but I think that's allowed at this point in my financial career.
Here the National Lottery Logo uses another typeface. FF Cocon. http://www.fontshop.com/fontlist/staff_picks/ff_cocon_20_year_anniversary/
Our uk lottery tickets. I'm not quite sure what the purpose of the red paper is... a warm feeling? The type here has a lovely asethetic after being produced with the printer. (maybe something to think about getting hold of?)
Above feature some images of the National Lottery typeface. Designed by type foundry Dalton Maag for specific use of the national lottery, it has a range of weights, but sadly cannot be bought. In a quite a sadisticly fun way they chose to name it Dream, were they taking the piss? The national lottery clearly realise what they are doing.
An Irish lotto ticket. The subtle background illustrations are a beautfiul touch, just reminding the purchaser that by having bought this peice of paper for the price of 3 euro's they have of course upped there chances of going on holiday, running around with their arms in the air and of course queing to board a plane, with all the other Lotto winners.Just to appease myself I calculated a quick equation. If said person were to play these same numbers every week for 3 years they would have just spent 468 euro's on a 'chance' that they might win some money.
Having personally never played the lottery before I could come across quite cynical, but I think that's allowed at this point in my financial career.
Here the National Lottery Logo uses another typeface. FF Cocon. http://www.fontshop.com/fontlist/staff_picks/ff_cocon_20_year_anniversary/
Our uk lottery tickets. I'm not quite sure what the purpose of the red paper is... a warm feeling? The type here has a lovely asethetic after being produced with the printer. (maybe something to think about getting hold of?)
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