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A Definate Method To Winning The EuroMillions

There are 5 numbers right, plus 2 lucky stars. and 49 numbers to choose out of each of the 5, + 2 numbers.

5 to the power of 49 = amount of tickets that somebody has to buy to have a 100% chance of winning the EuroMillions.

good luck to whoever tries this method, although you would end up spending more money on tickets than you would get in the £125,000,000 jackpot.

* Each Of The Lucky Stars Only Go Up To 9 *

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you know, I'm dumb so don't get it? :confused: :p:
Reply 2
you choose from 50 numbers for the main 5, and 9 for the lucky stars
Reply 3
TMHNightfox
There are 5 numbers right, plus 2 lucky stars. and 49 numbers to choose out of each of the 5, + 2 numbers.

5 to the power of 49 = amount of tickets that somebody has to buy to have a 100% chance of winning the EuroMillions.

good luck to whoever tries this method, although you would end up spending more money on tickets than you would get in the £125,000,000 jackpot.

* Each Of The Lucky Stars Only Go Up To 9 *

nah. your amateurish mathematics is wrong.
if you have to choose 5 numbers from 50 (where order doesnt matter), you use:
50!/(5!45!)
i.e. (50*49*48*47*46)/(5*4*3*2*1) = 2.1 million
so to be sure of getting all 5 numbers you need about 2.1 million tickets.

although having said that. to be sure of getting all five numbers and the two lucky stars, you'd need to buy 76 million tickets.
Reply 4
imagine going into the offie and asking for that!!
Reply 5
I did some random numbers-ish for it- though I very much doubt I'll win (it's like 75 million to 1?):frown:
Reply 6
Undry1
to be sure of getting all five numbers and the two lucky stars, you'd need to buy 76 million tickets.

...And with that knowledge, I'm on my way to the shops.
Mwahahaha, a foolproof plan... now to take over the world...
Reply 8
Euromillions has lots of different prizes for different combinations, such as 2 main numbers and one lucky star, 3 main numbers and 2 lucky stars etc, and so you'd also win every single one of these prizes several times over.
Now, Ill just get the 70 million out of my bank and buy all the tickets...
Reply 10
Biffy Clyro
Now, Ill just get the 70 million out of my bank and buy all the tickets...

one phonecall and its done. :biggrin:
Reply 11
remindmeagain
Mwahahaha, a foolproof plan... now to take over the world...


you'll need a teaspoon and a candle to do that though
Reply 12
Biffy Clyro
Now, Ill just get the 70 million out of my bank and buy all the tickets...
I can help with that, give me a gun, a mask and around..10 minutes :wink: I'll pick up some extra for my troubles too
Reply 13
There is a way to win at euromillions every time, this also works for horses, dogs, and all other betting.


Just don't bet - you win a pound or however much you were going to spend everytime. How many rich bookmakers are there, how many bankrupt gamblers are there. The money that pays for casinos jockeys horses, and everything else comes from somewhere. Promise yourself to never bet unless you are doing it purely for the fun of betting and not expecting to win in any way.
Reply 14
lucas05
There is a way to win at euromillions every time, this also works for horses, dogs, and all other betting.


Just don't bet - you win a pound or however much you were going to spend everytime. How many rich bookmakers are there, how many bankrupt gamblers are there. The money that pays for casinos jockeys horses, and everything else comes from somewhere. Promise yourself to never bet unless you are doing it purely for the fun of betting and not expecting to win in any way.

thats rubbish!:p:
Reply 15
The problem is, unless someone had a vast army of restless minions at his beckoning, the logistics of ordering 76 million tickets would be totally unmanageable. Now if someone owned a supercomputer and could get direct access to the national lottery servers(through bribery probably) with some special software and register all his numbers that way, then it may be feasable. Though i think anyone who could you use these methods couldn't be trusted with £125 million...
Reply 16
With that sort of investment, it would be more profitable to defraud the lottery than to risk £114million on buying tickets for every combination. :rolleyes:
TMHNightfox
There are 5 numbers right, plus 2 lucky stars. and 49 numbers to choose out of each of the 5, + 2 numbers.

5 to the power of 49 = amount of tickets that somebody has to buy to have a 100% chance of winning the EuroMillions.

good luck to whoever tries this method, although you would end up spending more money on tickets than you would get in the £125,000,000 jackpot.

* Each Of The Lucky Stars Only Go Up To 9 *


Your Maths and figures are both incorrect and rubbish - the method you describe would not give you the number of tickets that you'd need to buy to guarantee a win. Plus, some people will have picked the same numbers as you if you exhaust every possible combination, so perhaps someone else would also win the jackpot, and hence if that situation arose you wouldn't get to keep the whole £125,000,000 jackpot. Anyhows, I just thought I'd point out some of the very obvious flaws in your methodology.
Yeah ok, but when considering every combination…you don’t have to use each one. What’s the chance that the winning numbers will be 1 2 3 4 and 5?? You’d have to exclude lots of combinations.

It’d be more realistic to be psychic or have a time machine. Sad but true.

Now...off to meditate and contact the other side.
Reply 19
this is so boring. if it were that easy to win, it would have gone off by now, wouldn't it?