Catchalotto a new approach to win the UK National Lottery jackpot
Its amazing how many people play the UK National Lottery without realising their odds of winning. And when some do find out (odds are 1 in 13,983,816), they do not really comprehend how incredibly miniscule the odds of winning are.
So in my experience, its better to relate those odds to some real-life situations. For instance, if you were told that the chances of having a SUCCESSFUL forthcoming surgery is 0.000072% (not even 1%!!!), would you go ahead with it? Probably not. So why play the lottery if your chances of winning are 0.0000072%?!
How about going to the bookies and asking to place a bet on a horse with odds of 1 to 13,983,816?! I did and I dont think the bookie ever laughed so much in his entire life as he laughed then. But whats so funny? Millions of people play the lottery each week at exactly the same odds!
Some people play the same combination week in week out. Statistically, they could wait 134,460 years for their combination to come up (assuming they enter their combination for both draws). If turtles could play, even they would stand little chances of witnessing...