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# s'true
I worked it out once: including the fact that same numbers coming out in a different order is technically a different result, it'd take over 262,000 years to go through every possible winning combination - that was before they introduced more draws though
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:03, archived)
# But someone wins nearly every week
and you don't hear about people being hit by meteorites every week...
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)
# maybe all the hits happen in siberia or china
so you don't hear about them
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)
# Aye, but
all the lotto winners live here...
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:09, archived)
# ah
that's because the extinction of the dinosaurs threw off the averaging
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:08, archived)
# Aahhhhh
I understand now.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:09, archived)
# well if you're figuring in mass extinctions then no wonder!
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:10, archived)