The numbers I picked, the odds of winning are really this low
Pick 6 numbers from 1 to 45 and match all of them to win the jackpot. Choose your own 6 numbers below and see, in numbers, just how low the odds are that your exact combination will be drawn.
How it is calculated: The number of ways to choose 6 numbers from 45, regardless of order, is the combination C(45,6) = 8,145,060. Since exactly 1 of these combinations matches the 6 numbers you picked, the probability of drawing your exact combination is 1/8,145,060 ≈ 0.0000123%.
Selected numbers: (Please choose 6 numbers)
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💡 In fact, the probability is exactly the same no matter which numbers you choose. The chance of drawing "1,2,3,4,5,6" is exactly the same 1/8,145,060 as the chance of drawing a seemingly random spread of numbers — the latter just looks more "plausible" to our eyes.