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The Combination 5

Remember these odds for a 6/49 game?

Matched Numbers	Approximate Odds of Winning
6	1 in 13,983,816
5	1 in 55,492
4	1 in 1,033
3	1 in 57

We can improve our odds to win the 6/6, the jackpot, so much so that our odds to win are at least 1 in 317,814 (13,983,816/44). Our odds of matching 5 are 1 in 1,261 (55,492/44). And, if we actually match the 5 on the face of our combination ticket we win 44 prizes for the 5/6.

To change our odds we just play more tickets but the advantage of a combination 5 lottery ticket is two-fold; one - we don't have to fill out 44 boards and; two - if we even get 3 of the 5 numbers we picked we win $440, 4 of the 5 numbers we picked we win a good chunk of change. This is how it works:

We'll pick 5 numbers to play instead of 6. Let's say we've picked the numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. By playing a combination 5 lottery we'd actually be playing the following 44 boards/tickets (each row being a board).

Board#	Ticket Played
#1	1	2	3	4	5	6
#2	1	2	3	4	5	7
#3	1	2	3	4	5	8
#4	1	2	3	4	5	9
#5	1	2	3	4	5	10
#6	1	2	3	4	5	11
#7	1	2	3	4	5	12
#8	1	2	3	4	5	13
#9	1	2	3	4	5	14
#10	1	2	3	4	5	15
#11	1	2	3	4	5	16
#12	1	2	3	4	5	17
#13	1	2	3	4	5	18
#14	1	2	3	4	5	19
#15	1	2	3	4	5	20
#16	1	2	3	4	5	21
#17	1	2	3	4	5	22
#18	1	2	3	4	5	23
#19	1	2	3	4	5	24
#20	1	2	3	4	5	25
#21	1	2	3	4	5	26
#22	1	2	3	4	5	27
#23	1	2	3	4	5	28
#24	1	2	3	4	5	29
#25	1	2	3	4	5	30
#26	1	2	3	4	5	31
#27	1	2	3	4	5	32
#28	1	2	3	4	5	33
#29	1	2	3	4	5	34
#30	1	2	3	4	5	35
#31	1	2	3	4	5	36
#32	1	2	3	4	5	37
#33	1	2	3	4	5	38
#34	1	2	3	4	5	39
#35	1	2	3	4	5	40
#36	1	2	3	4	5	41
#37	1	2	3	4	5	42
#38	1	2	3	4	5	43
#39	1	2	3	4	5	44
#40	1	2	3	4	5	45
#41	1	2	3	4	5	46
#42	1	2	3	4	5	47
#43	1	2	3	4	5	48
#44	1	2	3	4	5	49

This is why the Combination 5 Lottery ticket for the Canadian 6/49 costs $88 because even though it comes out of the lottery machine looking like one ticket it is actually 44 tickets at $2 each. It's out of range of most budgets, however, when you play as a group it is a good ticket to get.

Also, everyone forgets about the Ontario 49. Since the Ontario 49 is only $0.50 a ticket, the Combination 5 is only $22 (50 cents X 44). Not bad, for a 1 in 317,814 chance at a million dollars. Even if your lotto money budget doesn't allow you to play it even once a week, it's actually worth it to not play for three weeks and play it once a month. I mean 1 in 13,983,816 versus 1 in 317,814 !!

Create a lottery group for the 6/49 Combination 5 and get together whenever the pot, gets big enough - it often goes over $20,000,000.

The Combination Selection Slip is different from the regular LOTTO 6/49-ONTARIO 49 Selection Slip.

There is an area where you blacken out a rectangle to indicate which game you are playing: 6/49 or Ontario 49. There is an area where you blacken out a rectangle to indicate the type of Combination Lottery game you are playing; 5, 7, 8, or 9; we would blacken the '5' rectangle. Then there is one board which looks just like the boards on the regular selection slip - here is where you blacken the 5 rectangles for the 5 numbers you will play.

There are other kinds of combinations (wheeling) for the 6/49 and Ontario 49 lotteries - besides the 'Combination 5', there is the 'Combination 7', 'Combination 8', and 'Combination 9'. Let's look at the odds and the cost for those games next:

The Combination 7, 8, and 9 -->

The Combination 5

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