Definition of luck

[Haggis]

Check this out:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk...6908-21344822/

I like how the UK winner had one less lucky star than the jackpot winner. I guess thats one god dam lucky start then.

I mean the difference in prize money is unreal. The jackpot winner (5 numbers and 2 lucky stars) recieves £110,000,000 whereas the UK guy who got 5 numbers and one lucky star gets £244,317.60. I'm sorry, but those figures just don't add up. He got 0.222% (1/450) of what the winner got for one less star. When looking up the odds:

5 numbers and 2 lucky stars: 1 in 76,275,360
5 numbers and 1 luck star: 1 in 5,448,240

When dividing these numbers you find that u get a ratio of 0.0714 (1/14); meaning that its 14 times easier to get 5 numbers and 1 lucky star than it is to get 5 numbers and 2 lucky stars. So how does that justify a diffenece in prizemoney of 0.222% which means the guy who comes second (5 numbers and 1 luck star) gets 450 times less than the guy who comes first, even though its only 14 times harder to win the jackpot.


If that was me, despite winning loads of money, i think i'd still be a bit gutted.

I was so sure that money was mine aswell

[Haggis]

Hang on hang on, made a mistake. My numbers aren't quite right. Ive completely ignored the fact that there was probably more than one second place prize given out. This means that more than £244,317.60 was given out in 2nd place prizemoney. This changes the numbers a lil, but the prizemoney to probability of winning ratio still favours the jackpot by a long way.

£244,317.60 goes into £110000000 450 times meaning that there would have to be 450 2nd place winners to justify that the prizemoney was distributed fairly according to the odds of winning. The chance of 450 second place winners in one week has odds of 1 in 2451708000 which is clearly less likely to happen than a single jackpot winner. Basically the chances of coming in second to the amount of money that you win isnt divided fairly when compared to the jackpot win and thus you get kinda screwed over. Basically if you ever win, you wana make sure you win the jackpot

[French]

/kill

[Haggis]

I'll make it easier:

Ratio of winnings to chance of the win:

Jackpot: £110000000/76,275,360 = 1.44
2nd place: £244,317.60/5,448,240 = 0.045

You can clearly see that coming in second gives you less money when compared to the chances of winning = screwed over

[French]

or just part of the game?

[Haggis]

Well yea, but you know what i mean.