Talk:Lotto Super 7

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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? Mind matrix 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]