Powerball Generator!

[DGM]

Okay, let us try a simple example:
Pick 3 numbers out of 20, with no duplications. What are the odds of them being three consecutive numbers? There are 1,140 possibilities. Only 108 of them would have 3 consecutive numbers (18 sets beginning with 1-18, times 6 permutations of each, because they are chosen in any order). So, you have one chance in about 10.55555 of ANY of your picks being ANY three consecutive numbers. Doesn’t that show that random picks coming up with consecutive numbers are less likely than ones which do not have consecutive numbers? Or is my thinking wrong?

By the way, I started with 3 out of 6, but the odds didn’t work out as well. Now, most lotteries use a much larger range of numbers and a greater number of things to pick.

I think my uncle was right.

DGM