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Distances between the winning numbers in Lottery

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1 Probability

Abstract

We prove an interesting fact about Lottery: the winning 6 numbers (out of 49) in the game of the Lottery contain two consecutive numbers with a surprisingly high probability (almost 50%).

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@article{arxiv.math/0507469,
  title  = {Distances between the winning numbers in Lottery},
  author = {Konstantinos Drakakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0507469},
  year   = {2007}
}
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