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Re:Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds? by montbonnot on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @07:26PM (#10898776)
290,000,000 possible combinations at $2 a combination. That's $580,000,000 total. You make $650,000,000 after tax if you win. You're positive of about 70k. You have to be the only winner though :)
Re:Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds? by solson on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @10:48AM (#10895128)
My 13 YO son made this. The current Powerball jackpot got his attention and he wanted to simulate just how hard it is to hit 1 in 290,000,000.
Re:Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds? by o_nate on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @02:49PM (#10896957)
It's pretty funny. So if I understand correctly, in the first stage 7 out of 8 squares are red? Edit: I played it a bit more and I think I understand the first stage, but I haven't made it past it yet. If all 7 stages were identical, then you'd need a 1/16 chance of winning each stage to make the odds come out correctly. So I'm guessing the stages get progressively harder.
Re:Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds? by solson on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:43PM (#10897333)
The stages do get progressively harder. Stage 2 is 1 in 10 and I think stage 7 is 1 in 36.
Re:Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds? by nautical on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:16PM (#10898036)
Yes ... stages variable : [8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 28, 36]
Re:Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds? by Jemaclus on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @06:16PM (#10898433)
Fun app. Tell him to keep up the good work! I made it to stage 4, but it was easy to see how lucky I was!
Re:Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds? by eecks on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:16PM (#10898032)
Needs to be faster to keep my attention