Analysis of Turkish 6/49 lottery results

ISSN: 1694-7398
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 2 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2001
Yayıncı: KIRGIZİSTAN-TÜRKİYE MANAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Turkish 6/49 Lottery is a chance game based on the selection of 6 of the 49 numbers by the drawmachine, which has been of interest since the first day; such that statistics of this game, winningstrategies, formulas etc., a number of popular books and newspaper articles have been publishedand some of the internet sites are now providing updated information to interested people; buta large part of these publications seem to be far from scientific point of view. In this study, allthe draws in the past will be analyzed and the probability of being correctly guessed will bediscussed by adhering to the theory of probability and statistical confidence tests.

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