Wikipedia talk:Reference desk archive/Mathematics/2006 July 20

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I want to solve a discussion problem:

If the odds of winning a lottery is 1 in 175,000,000..what are the odds if you buy 100 tickets?

What formula would you use to figure this out, the game is picking 5 numbers out of a field of 56, and 1 bonus number out of a field of 46.