Big Jackpot Lottery Odds .. Seven or Eight 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

Set ... Chance,           Set .... Chance,
of      1 in --           of       1 in --

50 ...  99,884,400        40 ....  76,904,685
51 ... 115,775,100        41 ....  95,548,245
52 ... 133,784,560        42 .... 118,030,185
53 ... 154,143,080        43 .... 145,008,513
54 ... 177,100,560        44 .... 177,232,627

55 ... 202,927,725        45 .... 215,553,195
56 ... 231,917,400        46 .... 260,932,815
57 ... 264,385,836        47 .... 314,457,495
58 ... 300,674,088        48 .... 377,348,994
59 ... 341,149,446        49 .... 450,978,066

60 ... 386,206,920        50 .... 536,878,650
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        54 .. 1,040,465,490
65 ... 696,190,560        55 .. 1,217,566,350