There are 13,983,816 lottery combinations that can be made from numbers 1 to 49. If we were to say, that the first combination is 1;2;3;4;5;6, the second one 1;2;3;4;5;7, the third one 1;2;3;4;5;8, and so on, until combination number 13,983,816 is 44;45;46;47;48;49, we would find that the above lotto combination - 6;7;16;20;28;47 - sits right down the middle, i.e. a combination situated in 6,991,908 place.
In probability theory and statistics terms, this combination can be called a median - a number separating the higher half of a distribution, from the lower half. Well, to be statistically correct, a lottery combination 6;7;16;20;28;48 is also a median.
If we look now at past lottery draws, we will find that 51% of time, a lottery combination has been drawn from the higher half, and 49% from the lower one. Pretty symmetrical distribution so far.
So what's the conclusion to all of this? By eliminating the first 6 numbers, we can eliminate half of possible combinations! But the odds that a combination will contain one of the first 6 numbers is 50-50!
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