Jump to content

Talk:Lotto Super 7

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The prize structure must be wrong. How can 5/7 numbers pay more than 6/7 numbers? A decimal point got lost - I've seen this on other sites (sympatico's lottery information) so it a copying error.

The figures are correct. Remember that this represents the share of the pool received by these winners. There are far more people who get 5/7 numbers than 6/7 (ratio is approximately 60:1), so the individual payouts are roughly 60:1 in favour of those who chose more correct numbers.
For example, assuming a $20 million pool and 10 million tickets sold (and with winners exactly matching the probabilities listed), we get:
Match Prize Prize share Odds of Winning # winners Individual share
7/7 Jackpot (Share of 73% of Pools Fund) $14.6 million 1 in 62,891,499 1 or 0 as applicable
6/7+ Share of 5% of Pools Fund $1 million 1 in 8,984,649 1 $1 million
6/7 Share of 5% of Pools Fund $1 million 1 in 230,373 43 $23256
5/7 Share of 17% of Pools Fund $3.4 million 1 in 3,840 2604 $1305
4/7 $10.00 $550,060 1 in 181.8 55006 $10
3/7+ $10.00 $508,910 1 in 196.5 50891 $10
3/7 Free Play N/A 1 in 21.9 456621 N/A
Does this clarify things? Mindmatrix 17:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seven-number lottery games, outside of "keno", usually don't seem popular. Why not a powerball/Mega Millions-type game in Canada? I think it would go over well, especially if matching only the "mega ball" wins a prize. 207.210.134.83 (talk) 15:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


"Drawn every Friday night, it has become a staple of Canadian lottery players." This statement seems pretty POV. What does "staple" mean? Also I could have sworn that there was info on this page that stated how the numbers are picked. That info seems to be gone. Anyone know why?174.6.130.25 (talk) 11:16, 21 June 2009 (UTC)BeeCier[reply]