The scratch cards had better odds ealry on to give people a taste of winning but obviously the odds remain the same in the lottery games - giving the benefit of the doubt shared prizes are split more ways I suppose but I suspect basic ignorance.
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The scratch cards had better odds ealry on to give people a taste of winning but obviously the odds remain the same in the lottery games - giving the benefit of the doubt shared prizes are split more ways I suppose but I suspect basic ignorance.
i might be wrong, but say if 1 million played the lotto, that means if you put 2 lines on, thats a 2/1mill chance of winning. if 3mill play the lotto, you have a 2/3mill chance of winning
i might be wrong, but say if 1 million played the lotto, that means if you put 2 lines on, thats a 2/1mill chance of winning. if 3mill play the lotto, you have a 2/3mill chance of winning
That would only be true if exactly 1 person won the lottery every week. Using your theory, if you were the only player then you would definitely win, which obviously isn't true.
It's based on the possible combinations of numbers, not the number of people who play.
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i might be wrong, but say if 1 million played the lotto, that means if you put 2 lines on, thats a 2/1mill chance of winning. if 3mill play the lotto, you have a 2/3mill chance of winning
All the odds of winning are down to what balls come out of the machine not how many people play the game.
Yes if more people play and pick the same numbers as you, you wont win as much as the money gets shared across a larger number of people but this doesn’t effect the odds of winning.
i might be wrong, but say if 1 million played the lotto, that means if you put 2 lines on, thats a 2/1mill chance of winning. if 3mill play the lotto, you have a 2/3mill chance of winning
i might be wrong, but say if 1 million played the lotto, that means if you put 2 lines on, thats a 2/1mill chance of winning. if 3mill play the lotto, you have a 2/3mill chance of winning
Are you meant to be on the internet on your own?
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dont click links in emails lol
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I still run a syndicate and for the last 2 weeks I've forgot to buy the tickets and both weeks we've won a tenner between us which I will have to pocket 
Bloody good job it wasn't millions
I'd be dead now.
Bloody good job it wasn't millions
I'd be dead now.
Just woke up, been browsing the forums this morning on the lappy in bed, thinkiing about life (because of the riding a wave through life thread)
Thought I'd open my emails and nonchalantly scroll through all the "reply to thread on OC" mails when this suddenly stares me in the face!
Your National Lottery Play by Direct Debit prize will be paid to your registered Bank Account shortly.
Not been onto the site yet to check as I am delaying the inevitable sinking back into reality when I have only won a tenner.
I've never one won anything more than £10....
But this got me thinking..
How big a prize will they just transfer like that before having to ring and do other checks and stuff...
Anyway, off to HQ now to find out....
Thought I'd open my emails and nonchalantly scroll through all the "reply to thread on OC" mails when this suddenly stares me in the face!
Your National Lottery Play by Direct Debit prize will be paid to your registered Bank Account shortly.
Not been onto the site yet to check as I am delaying the inevitable sinking back into reality when I have only won a tenner.
I've never one won anything more than £10....
But this got me thinking..
How big a prize will they just transfer like that before having to ring and do other checks and stuff...
Anyway, off to HQ now to find out....
******..
That was short lived.
20/02/10
Congratulations! You're a winner £10.00
Lotto ticket number Your prize of £10.00 has been paid to your bank/building society account.
Looks like I will be amongst you peasants a little while longer then.
That was short lived.
20/02/10
Congratulations! You're a winner £10.00
Lotto ticket number Your prize of £10.00 has been paid to your bank/building society account.
Looks like I will be amongst you peasants a little while longer then.
I've had twenty quid sitting in my lottery account for years, I've occasionally logged in, played a couple of online games and dropped it down a bit but always won one or two games to bring it back to around £20.
Yesterday I threw it all into lucky dips.
Today I have £0 in my balance.
Oh well, it was fun while it lasted
Yesterday I threw it all into lucky dips.
Today I have £0 in my balance.
Oh well, it was fun while it lasted
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Old man fails at the internet.
I must be doing something wrong because I keep thinking I've bought a month of tickets for the syndicate but my account says no.
I've now got to fork £30 out of my own pocket
Must remember to click > click > click again > submit > confirm > click > submit > wait for email
I must be doing something wrong because I keep thinking I've bought a month of tickets for the syndicate but my account says no.
I've now got to fork £30 out of my own pocket
Must remember to click > click > click again > submit > confirm > click > submit > wait for email
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Theres several people that come into the shop and spend over £150 per week on lottery and a lot that spend more than £50!
Quite shocking when i checked ~60 tickets all with 7 lines on and the poor sod won nothing!
Theres several people that come into the shop and spend over £150 per week on lottery and a lot that spend more than £50!
Quite shocking when i checked ~60 tickets all with 7 lines on and the poor sod won nothing!
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I remember once at work a few years back we was on lunch break and we decided to all chip in a fiver each and buy scratch cards. There was 6 of us. £30 worth of cards and iirc we netted around £100. Spent the rest of the lunch scracthing them. We did get told off by the GM for being daft because we purchased so many.
