Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds?

by solson • 11 years ago

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solson2• 11 years ago

My 13 YO son made this. The current Powerball jackpot got his attention and he wanted to simulate just how hard it is to hit 1 in 290,000,000.

o_nate• 11 years ago

It's pretty funny. So if I understand correctly, in the first stage 7 out of 8 squares are red? Edit: I played it a bit more and I think I understand the first stage, but I haven't made it past it yet. If all 7 stages were identical, then you'd need a 1/16 chance of winning each stage to make the odds come out correctly. So I'm guessing the stages get progressively harder.

solson2• 11 years ago

The stages do get progressively harder. Stage 2 is 1 in 10 and I think stage 7 is 1 in 36.

Jemaclus• 11 years ago

Fun app. Tell him to keep up the good work! I made it to stage 4, but it was easy to see how lucky I was!

eecks• 11 years ago

Needs to be faster to keep my attention

montbonnot• 11 years ago

290,000,000 possible combinations at $2 a combination. That's $580,000,000 total. You make $650,000,000 after tax if you win. You're positive of about 70k. You have to be the only winner though :)

Show HN: Lottery – Can you beat the odds?

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