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So the odds are 1:292.2 million (roughly) if you pick your own numbers.
But if you let the computer pick the numbers for you, aren’t you basically saying: what’s the probability of the same 6 numbers being picked twice by two independent random events (the machine that sold you the ticket and the actually lottery drawing), and hence you are doubling your odds to 1:584.4 million?
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No, it makes no difference if you pick the numbers or a random number generator picks the numbers for you. In both cases the only issue is that the numbers on your ticket match the numbers picked at the drawing. Just because the computer picked the numbers for you it’s no different then if you rolled dice, or consulted your astrological chart.
Btw… if it was a case of what are the odds that the same six numbers are picked twice by two independent random events that wouldn’t double your odds. You would multiply them. so 1:292.2 million times 1:292.2 million so around 1:85.3 billion.
