Daily Mail offer tips on winning lottery when they clearly don't understand maths.

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Buy two tickets

Every time you buy a £2 ticket, you improve your chances of winning. Of course, even if you buy 100 tickets, the odds of winning the jackpot are still just over 450,000 to one — the same chances of dying in a train crash this year.

No, that is not how it works. Your chances are 100 in 45,057,474.

How to win £50million on tonight's mega Lottery (well, at least have a better chance)* | Daily Mail Online

[AtW]

No, that is not how it works. Your chances are 100 in 45,057,474.

How to win £50million on tonight's mega Lottery (well, at least have a better chance)* | Daily Mail Online

I like the train crash comparison - they should have added that Bham-London ticket at peak time will cost like £140 return and chances of getting a seat are much lower than those of winning a million or two

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I like the train crash comparison - they should have added that Bham-London ticket at peak time will cost like £140 return and chances of getting a seat are much lower than those of winning a million or two

The odds are going to be lower with this handy tip

Up sticks to Birmingham

There are more Lotto millionaires with Birmingham postcodes

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In other news Daily Express gets the odds wrong.

The odds of winning the Lotto are quite low. Players have a 13,983,815 to 1 chance for the main draw.

National Lottery: Winning numbers for Wednesday January 6 draw | UK | News | Daily Express

[MrMarkyMark]

In other news Daily Express gets the odds wrong.

They should stick to what they know and keep reporting how much peoples houses are going up by.

[MarillionFan]

In other news Daily Express gets the odds wrong.




National Lottery: Winning numbers for Wednesday January 6 draw | UK | News | Daily Express

What's the odds for Saturday then?

If they're going to drop the Jackpot down to five balls & a bonus if no-one hits all six numbers, what is the odds now of hitting the Jackpot on Saturday

[VectraMan]

I like the way everybody's moaning that increasing the odds to 1 in 45 million is making it virtually impossible. Whereas the old 1 in 14 million lottery was of course a dead cert.

[MrMarkyMark]

What's the odds for Saturday then?

Still chasing that dream of being a millionaire, then?

Good luck

[LondonManc]

What's the odds for Saturday then?

If they're going to drop the Jackpot down to five balls & a bonus if no-one hits all six numbers, what is the odds now of hitting the Jackpot on Saturday

"Approximately 1 in 7.5million"

C3PO

[BrilloPad]

Why are you reading the Daily Mail?

They have not even pointed out that the lottery is a tax on the stupid.