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Thursday, November 11, 2010

The formula for calculating the probability of winning the 6/55 lotto is 55! / (6! * (55 - 6)!). It means that we have a 1 in 28,989,675 chance of winning the jackpot. According to this page, the chance of getting struck by a lightning in our lifetime is 1 in 6,250. Oh well.
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