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 THE MATHEMATICS OF
LOTTERY

Odds, Combinations, Systems

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Cătălin Bărboianu
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 Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................... 5
The Rules of Lottery ...................................................................…. 11
Supporting Mathematics ......................................................…....... 15
Probability space ..............................................................…......... 16
Probability properties and formulas used .........................…......... 19
Combinatorics …………………………………………………... 22
Parameters of the lottery matrices …………………………......... 25
Number Combinations .......………….………………………......... 27
Probabilities of Winning with Simple Lines .................................. 37
General formula of the winning probability ……………….......... 37
Cumulated winning probabilities ……………………………...... 53
Intermediary probabilities ………………………………………. 67
Enhancing the Winning Probability .................………….………. 75
Probabilities of winning with systems …………………….......... 76
Probability thresholds …………………………………………… 91
Compound Lines ................………………………………….......... 107
Unfolding compound lines ……………………………................ 108
Winning probabilities ………………………………………........ 111
The number of prizes …………………………………………… 127
Systems of compound lines ........................................................... 136
Bridgehead Systems ………………………………………………. 141
Winning probabilities ………………………………………........ 142
The number of prizes …………………………………………… 155
Reduced Systems .........….………………………………………… 159
Obtaining the reduced systems ………………………………….. 161
Winning probabilities ………………………………………........ 173
Probabilities of Repeated Events ……………………………........ 177
The Strategy of Choosing ………………………………………… 191
References ......................................................................................… 203

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