Odds: Seven, Eight or Nine Balls

Big Jackpot Lottery Odds .. Seven, Eight or Nine Balls | One Set Only

An alternative playing format for Lottery Games such as Mega Millions and Powerball, where players currently select two sets of
balls -- five of one set; one of another set. Instead, the method presented herein involves only one set of balls. The chance of a
successful draw match is based on the number of balls correctly chosen from a given set. For example, a lottery game offers
a 58-ball set, where balls are numbered 1 to 58, and a player must select seven of the 58 balls. The chance of correctly matching
all seven balls in any given 7-of-58 game draw is 1 in 300,674,088.

By comparison with any seven or eight ball choice scenario presented below, the chance for a succcessful match of a Mega Millions
draw (five white balls from 1 to 70 and one Mega-Ball from 1 to 25) is 1 in 302,575,350. For Powerball (five white balls from 1 to 69
and one Power-Ball from 1 to 26), the chance is 1 in 292,201,338.

Seven Balls Chosen Eight Balls Chosen Nine Balls Chosen Set ... Chance, Set ... Chance, Set ... Chance, of 1 in -- of 1 in -- of 1 in -- 50 ... 99,884,400 40 ... 76,904,685 35 ... 70,507,460 51 ... 115,775,100 41 ... 95,548,245 36 ... 94,143,280 52 ... 133,784,560 42 ... 118,030,185 37 ... 124,403,620 53 ... 154,143,080 43 ... 145,008,513 38 ... 163,011,640 54 ... 177,100,560 44 ... 177,232,627 39 ... 211,915,132 55 ... 202,927,725 45 ... 215,553,195 40 ... 273,438,880 56 ... 231,917,400 46 ... 260,932,815 41 ... 350,343,565 57 ... 264,385,836 47 ... 314,457,495 42 ... 445,891,810 58 ... 300,674,088 48 ... 377,348,994 43 ... 563,921,995 59 ... 341,149,446 49 ... 450,978,066 44 ... 708,930,508 60 ... 386,206,920 50 ... 536,878,650 45 ... 886,163,135 61 ... 436,270,780 51 ... 636,763,050 62 ... 491,796,152 52 ... 752,538,150 63 ... 553,270,671 53 ... 886,322,710 64 ... 621,216,192 65 ... 696,190,560 66 ... 778,789,440 67 ... 869,648,208