A lot of us moan and grip about school. After all, not everyone is cut out for studying. Those who can study tend to get pretty tired of it after a while. But, there are skills that stay with us from our schooling life and one of them is mathematics.
Someone decided to calculate how one can win the Supreme Toto 6/58 jackpot which, at the time of writing, is worth RM71,897,095.88. The person wanted to determine how much would be needed to have a shot at winning the jackpot and if it was worth it.
The netizen made their work known on Facebook. They claimed to be proficient in statistics and included some of their calculations for those interested. According to them, there are currently 40,475,358 combinations of the winning lottery numbers.
They stated that to have a 100% win, based on a set of RM2, a person would need to spend RM80,950,716. They predicted that if the jackpot has not been won after five more portions, the payout would have increased to RM82,000,000. “If you buy all the combinations, you can net RM1 million,” the netizen observed.
However, for this kind of lottery, there is no single winner. There is a possibility of winning with others. “If another person also wins, you have to split the prize equally with them,” the netizen noted wryly. As such, they strongly feel the risk is not worth the rewards.
Some think it’s a hoax and do not believe the maths done. Others are simply trying to imagine someone who can afford RM80 million blowing it on lottery tickets for a smaller payout of RM1 million. Either way, it doesn’t really seem sensible. Perhaps it’s time for luck to bow to simple, old, common sense!
Sources: China Press, Facebook
