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list of all keno combinations for 6 numbers?

Keno is a game of a grid of numbers from 1 to 80. During a draw, 20 numbers are drawn. A player can pick anywhere between 6 and 15 numbers. If I am playing 6 numbers the odds are 7,752.8:1 of me hitting a 6/6. Can someone send me a list of all 6 number combinations from 1 to 80. Now I know you are gonna say that there are more than 7,752.8 combinations but remember that if I pick 7-14-15-30-55-70 it's the same as picking those same 6 in any other order so any of those 6 numbers together in any other order are essentially the same draw. I'm sure this can be done in excel I just don't know how. If you can manage the list of 7,752.8 combinations I'd appreciate it

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  • 8 years ago
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    You're forgetting that because 20 numbers are drawn, even if a player hits a 6/6 there are 14 numbers the player didn't match, and the presence of all those extra numbers increases the player's odds of hitting the 6/6.

    The effect of this on the mathematics is that there are many different 6-number combinations that will hit a 6/6 for any given draw of 20 numbers, so there are many more 6-number combinations than you figured, even if we eliminate variations in the order as a consideration. (Eliminating variations in order is quite standard in this sort of math; in fact, we generally define a "combinations" as calculated that way. See the link below in source for the basic mathematics of order-independent combinations, in relation to "permutations" which is the term for order-sensitive variations.)

    There are in fact

    C(80,6) = 80! / (74! 6!)

    = 80 * 79 * 78 * 77 * 76 * 75 / (6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1)

    = 2 * 79 * 13 * 77 * 76 * 25

    = 300,500,200 different 6-number combinations, far too many to list here.

    (Answers does impose length limits.)

    Each 20-number draw will produce 6/6 matches on

    C(20,6) = 20! / (14! 6!)

    = 20 * 19 * 18 * 17 * 16 * 15 / (6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1)

    = 19 * 17 * 8 * 15

    = 38,760 different 6-number combinations.

    The odds of hitting a 6/6 are derived from both these numbers:

    (300,500,200 - 38,760) to 38,760

    = 300,461,440 to 38,760

    = about 7,751.8 to 1

    The figure you had, 7,752.8 to 1, was not actually odds but the basis of the probability calculation, correctly expressed as approximately 1/7,752.8

    Source(s): This may look kid-oriented, but it's the best site I've found for clarity and completeness: http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinatorics/combinatio...
  • 5 years ago

    Nora Laverne: 6/10. i appreciate Nora yet i'm unlike Laverne. i ought to elect to slide Vivienne contained in the middle call slot, then it will be a 10! Claire Henrietta: 6/10. lovable. Elena Vivienne: 4/10. i ought to like it better if it were Elena Laverne. :)

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