Lottery question?

Neither - they are statistcally the same.

Only SLIGHT advantage is that if you spread it over 100 weeks, you will earn about 2p interest from the bank rather than paying upfront!

It doesn't matter how many lines you have after all it's the numbers you pick that counts. And scientifically the human brain always picks the wrong numbers i play the irish lottery and i usually get two out of three if i could get three all the time i would have £501 in my pocket every wed &sat now that would be nice. Don't see the point of playing for the jackpot when you can guess what three might come out for a small earner..

i think there are mathematical ways of increasing your chances and there are probability factors but i don't know how much you would need to spend in order to guarantee recouping your money.

i created 40 lines one time made up of non-freakish combinations E.g. 1,2,3,4,5,6; or 10,20,30,40,50,60

then making the random lines not repeat the numbers used.

i managed to win £10 (or maybe 2 x £10) but obviously it did not generate the 4 numbers or higher payout.

i think there are applications/software out there that do mathematical calculations but i am unable to confirm whether they are 100% successful.

that bookie; Ian McGruer? said something once about increasing the odds on the lottery, i'm sure he said that he regularly got a few grand back? but don't know what system he operated....

hope this helps

i now refuse to play it at all

Premium Bonds are a better bet

(and you get your money back)

The odds of winning are exactly the same. Each line you buy has absolutely no bearing on increasing or decreasing the chances of winning with another line either on the same draw or on a completely different draw. Each set of numbers you pick and each draw are equally random so you have exactly the same chance of picking the winning line out of 100 chances at one result as you do with sticking with 1 prediction of 100 results.

Statistically, you have a better chance by doing it the first way (100 lines in one lottery).

If the chances are 1 in 10million of winning for each ticket you buy, then the chances of winning if you buy 2 tickets is 2 in 10million. That is twice as good (however remote). So by buying many tickets in one lottery you are increasing you chances each time.

By buying one ticket in each new lottery, so are in effect resetting you chances each time. So each time you buy, you are taking a one in 10million chance; you do not increase your chance of winning.

In effect, by week 2 you have 2 chances in 20million - so you are maintaining the same odds...

Hope this is clear.

100 lines for 1 draw = 101 set of numbers.

1 line for 100 draws = 101 set of numbers if the 1 line is the same set of numbers each draw.

1 line for 100 draws = 200 set of numbers if the 1 line is a different set of numbers each draw.

Not sure what the chances would be.

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A very slight edge for 100 lines for one draw. The only difference is the fact that if you can hit it twice, it reduces your chances of hitting it at least once.

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A bit of math here:

Let P(x) be shorthand for "the probability that x happens".

P(a or b) = P(a) + P(b) - P(a and b)

So if you buy 1 line for 2 draws, and you want to win at least once, then we can make "a" the chance you win today, and "b" the chance you win tomorrow.

If you buy 2 lines for 1 draw, then you can select your lines so that P(a and b) is exactly zero. (Not that hard, pick two different sets of numbers)

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Let's say it's 1 in 1,000,000 to win.

If you buy 100 lines for one draw, your chances are exactly 100 in 1,000,000 which is the same as 1 in 10,000.

But if you buy 1 line for 100 draws, your chances are (1 in 10,000) minus (the chances you hit it more than once)

You only get one chance if you put all your eggs in one basket,if you stick to the same numbers your chances would increase greatly,that is unless you`re like me and have no chance of winning anything ever.

100 lines on one draw as that would improve your odds of winning.

if u bought 1 section u would probaly have better luck because if u fill out alot of section u soon get greedy and just put random numbers ROFL