South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn

Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by hervature on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @01:03PM (#25279236)

Yes, as others pointed out, this particular sequence is the same as every other sequence. Or, the one person who said 100% is referring to the probability of something that already happened.

To give you a more charitable interpretation, the South African lottery Powerball can be 1-20 so there are 20 straights possible so 20 in 42,375,200. Or roughly 1 in 2,000,000 or roughly 40,000 years of weekly draws to see a straight.

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Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by strombofulous on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @01:08PM (#25279298)

I think there are only 16 straights possible since you can't start with 17, 18, 19, or 20

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Re:South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn by hervature on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @01:29PM (#25279588)

Yes, you're right. In this case, the Powerball comes last. So increasing straights can't end with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. However, you could have wrap around straights. So 15 or 20 depending if you allow the wraparound.

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