How Many Combinations of Lottery Tickets Are There?
It should be obvious that each lottery game will have a different number of combinations based on a few characteristics:
Game matrix – If you pick 6 in 49 numbers, like in Canada’s Lotto 6/49, the combinations are largely different from a Pick 3 game with only 10 digits to cover three slots.
Additional numbers – Any additional number kbc lottery helpline number that adds up to the game matrix, e.g. Powerball’s Power Ball number, there are even more combinations.
Bonus numbers – If random or picked bonus numbers replace the main numbers in the game matrix, less combinations are necessary.
Fortunately, you can simply take a look at the odds of winning the jackpot to figure out how many combinations there are. Take Cash4Life for instance, with odds of 1 in 21,846,048 of winning its for-life prize. In other words, you would cover every single combination of lottery tickets with 21,846,048 tickets – and that is not even the hardest lottery game.
Since each ticket of that example game costs $2, you would have to pay $43,692,096 to cover all tickets for a jackpot that is not even close to that amount. In other words, you already know that, in many games like Cash4Life, you will lose money if you buy every combination of lottery tickets. However, there are lottery games with rollover prizes.
What Are the Odds of Winning the Lottery?
Each lottery game has its own odds according to how the game is structured. If you wonder about the odds of a specific game to calculate how many lottery tickets you would have to buy to guarantee the jackpot, check out our lottery results page. You will find the odds for all the games available online and worldwide.
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