College Professors Cracked the Lotto - $13 Million Jackpot

[Da80th]

Maths theory bags lotto jackpot

October 25, 2006 12:07pm



MOST of us believe winning lotto is down to the luck of the draw.

But a syndicate of university professors and tutors in Britain thought it could also be related to the principles of mathematical probability.

And their theory was spectacularly vindicated this week when they matched all six numbers and scooped the $13 million lotto jackpot.

The syndicate, made up of 17 staff members at Bradford University and College, bagged the big prize by using two boxes, 49 pieces of paper and a large amount of brainpower.

Read complete story here:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20 ... 62,00.html


Picture of winners can be found at this link:

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/liv ... ge_id=1770

[Duparc]

Typical media hype. It seems that those winners were neither professors nor tutors but members of the university support staff mainly from the printing department. Using the 49 selections presumably would increase chances but few individuals can afford to do this and those who can are mainly disinterested as they are already wealthy. It was interesting to read that one out of every four winners of the lottery was from a syndicate but in view of how syndicates operate the only surprising feature is the infrequency of syndicate winnings. Thanks for bringing this story to attention.