Power Ball Odds

so then how can they state its 292,201,338 to one.

because this is the odds of a single ticket.

a single ticket you have five chances at the first Powerball coming out of the cage then you have four chances to get the second then three to get the third then 2 to get he second finally 1 hits correctly. and one to hit the power ball

but not every ticket has the same chance say your second ticket has only one variance the one ball that comes out of the cage.

you should gain one better of the established odds this is not true 292,201,337 to one in this example I will show the variance of three tickets with only the first number changed.

the Math :

ex 1 69/5*68/4*67/3*66/2*65*26= 292,201,338

ex 2 69/6*68/4*67/3*66/2*65*26= 243,501,115

ex 3 69/7*68/4*67/3*66/2*65*26= 208,715,241

the logic would be 292 million tickets but example 2 states I have to buy 486,million ticket ex three 600 million tickets

now what if the variance was with power ball number

same white balls and a different Powerball.

ex1 69/5*68/4*67/3*66/2*65*26=292,201,338

ex 2 "       "      "      "    "         26/2=146,100,669

ex3 69/5*68/4*67/2*66/2*65*26/3=97,00,446

so the figures for a single change drastically

so you want every number you reduce your chance to state the 120 and all subsequent factors a small number of tickets has

69/69*68/68*67/67*66/66*26/26= 1 you win onehundred percent of the time.

=all 35,064,160,560

this is how powerball selling an estimated 2 billion tickets still not have a winning ticket. and why no one could ever cover the spread.