We already know that jackpot numbers do not
win the second time. Once drawn, they are not drawn again. What if you played
only 5 out of the 6 jackpot numbers?
Based on 1358 draw results,
13 of them had 5 numbers being drawn twice. That means 13
pairs (26 results) had exact 5 numbers matched. That's a ratio
of 1 for every 103.46 results (1:103) or 0.96% probability.
Therefore, with that low probability rate of less
than 1%, it appears that it is sound not to play lotto based on the previous
jackpot numbers for the reason that the chance that 5 numbers from any jackpot
numbers previously drawn to win again is very rare.
Is this valid to every 5-number combination that you
can form from a set of jackpot numbers? Let's look at the statistics.
Out of 1358 jackpot numbers, 8148 five-number combinations can be formed. Twenty-six (26) of these 8148 combinations were exact duplicates. Therefore, out of 8135 unique combinations, 13 combinations were repeated (winning twice). That is an occurence ratio of 1 for every 625 combinations (1 : 625) or 0.16% probability.
Out of 1358 jackpot numbers, 8148 five-number combinations can be formed. Twenty-six (26) of these 8148 combinations were exact duplicates. Therefore, out of 8135 unique combinations, 13 combinations were repeated (winning twice). That is an occurence ratio of 1 for every 625 combinations (1 : 625) or 0.16% probability.
The very first
occurrence of 5 numbers winning twice was on 1 July 2004[ 1 ] wherein 5 of these
numbers matched that of 4 July 2002. The latest one occurred last 1 May
2012[ 2 ] matching 5 numbers that of 2 April 2006. The shortest time
of its occurrence was 728 days; while the longest one was 3882 days. Eliminating the lowest and highest numbers, it
appears that the occurrence of only 5 jackpot numbers to win again range from
after 1246 to 3473 days. That means that it may take
1246 to 3473 days before a second-prize win (5 of 6 jackpot numbers) to recur
the second time.
| Draw Date | Jackpot #s | Draw Date | Jackpot #s | Days Lapsed |
| 07/04/02 | 02-06-08-28-31-45 | [ 1 ] 07/01/04 | 02-04-06-08-28-31 | 728 |
| 04/02/06 | 04-12-19-20-24-42 | [ 2 ] 05/01/12 | 04-12-19-24-28-42 | 2221 |
| 03/11/01 | 06-20-24-26-28-46 | 10/27/11 | 06-20-26-28-46-49 | 3882 |
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