Odds Of Winning The Lottery
- Odds Of Winning The Lottery
- Odds Of Winning The Lottery Calculator
- Odds Of Winning The Lottery Visualized
- Odds Calculator
The Lotto Odds Calculator enables users to calculate the odds of winning the jackpot and additional prize levels for any given lottery.
The odds of winning the lottery are greater than getting struck by lightning. Over 1,300 tickets won at least $1,000,000 on either Powerball or Mega Millions from 2013 to 2015. Only 67 lightning fatalities occured during the same time period in the United States where the lottery is played (NASPL). If you play the Powerball lottery, you’ll need to match five numbers plus the Powerball to win the jackpot. The odds of scooping the grand prize are 1 in 292,201,338. The overall odds of winning a.
Odds Of Winning The Lottery
To use the calculator, type in the number matrix, select the number of prize tiers and tick whether the lottery includes a bonus ball. If the lottery includes a bonus number, additional options will appear specifying the bonus variables. Alternatively, select a lottery from the Popular Lotteries dropdown menu to automatically display the odds table.
How to use the Lotto Odds Calculator
Enter the number of balls to be drawn Enter the total number of balls from which these are drawn Choose the total number of prize levels the lottery has, eg: Match 6, Match 5, Match 4 and Match 3 would be 4 levels If the lottery includes 'bonus' numbers eg: a Powerball, tick the 'include bonus balls' box If the box has been ticked, a dropdown menu will appear in a similar style to the original fields. Enter the number of 'bonus' numbers to be drawn, the size of the pool it/they are drawn from, and the amount of prize levels that involve matching the bonus number. Finally, select the name of the bonus number from the remaining dropdown box Click the 'Calculate Odds' button to view the odds, or to start again, click Reset.
Odds Of Winning The Lottery Calculator
Alternatively you can choose a lottery from the 'Popular Lotteries' dropdown menu at the bottom of the form to quickly input the variables for your chosen lottery and auto-display the odds table.
Odds Of Winning The Lottery Visualized
*Please note, the overall odds of winning a prize does not take into account the chance of winning guaranteed prizes (for lotteries that offer them), because the odds of winning a raffle prize fluctuates based on how many tickets were purchased for each draw.