mathematically how do people end up winning the lottery? Do they

>>7648710
nah
if you'd run the statistics on a few million lotto draws they would all be pretty even

>>7648714
sucks.
There must be a reason certain ones have been drawn more than others.

>>7648717
No there doesn't.
Unless "random chance" is a reason.

>>7648717
Numbers with a larger surface area will use more ink and thus have a higher mass than those with numbers that have a smaller surface area, therefore they have an infinitesimally larger chance of being drawn.
E.g. the 45 ball has a larger chance of being drawn than the 3 ball

>>7648739
funny you say that; the most drawn numbers tend to be largely higher numbers

How are enough combinations of numbers played for someone to win regularly? It seems someone hits the jackpot more than the theoretical statistic.

OP you're confusing "_one_ person winning the lottery" with "_any_ person winning the lottery".

The chances of winning a "6 out of 49" game is 1/13983816, i.e pretty fucking small. But now imagine 13983816 people all buying a ticket, and phoning each other to all pick different combinations, then one person is bound to have the winning one, i.e the probability of ANY person winning is 1 in that scenario, even though for any individual person it's still 1/13983816.

So the important thing here is to consider what exact question is being asked.

>>7648789
I guess the question is: what are the odds of numbers that are proven to have been drawn more frequently being a certainty again?

>>7648810
That question is gibberish.

>>7648826
I guess I just want to win the lotto and have the financial security I wouldn't otherwise get in no job great shitain

>>7648710

you drive yourself insane trying to analyze random data

we know the results are probably not truly 100% random because really very few things are, but in principle they are random so we can treat them as so

>>7648835
Then you're an idiot. You generally can't make money by gambling.

>>7648863
that depends on how long it takes for you to strike it lucky.
Some people have won a jackpot on their first go. Some don't ever.
All luck of the draw I guess.

It's hardly idiotic to realise that just getting a job doesn't make you much money unless you're a banker or a footballer.

>>7648868
>It's hardly idiotic to realise that just getting a job doesn't make you much money

But it does make you money, as opposed to the lottery, where most people by definition lose money.