# This is the record-holding 163-ticket wheel taken from the page: # http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Wheel/Wheel.html # It was constructed by Mathias Liesener and # later confirmed to guarantee at least a 3-match in a 6 from 49 # lottery by the "verify" program written by Richard K. Lloyd # <webmaster@lottery.merseyworld.com> using the command "verify wheel163.txt". # Therefore, buying these 163 tickets will *guarantee* you a 10 pounds # win on the UK National Lottery ! # Tie-breaker rule: # If two or more wheels equal the record (i.e. use the same number of tickets # to guarantee a 3-match), the one that will be used will be the one that # covers the most number of 3-match combinations (the verifier program # outputs that figure so it can be confirmed). # Can *you* do any better ? I'm looking for any wheel less than 163 tickets # that guarantees a 3-match in a 6 from 49 lottery. Use my verify program # to confirm it's OK and then e-mail it to webmaster@lottery.merseyworld.com # to get your name up here ! # Roll of honour: # Tickets Name Combs covered E-mail # 163 Mathias Liesener 3,044 (16.5%) <MathiasLiesener@gmx.de> # 163 Stefan Vandevelde 3,043 (16.5%) <webmaster@lottotrix.com> # 163 gARY 3,040 (16.5%) <webmaster@justservices.com> # 163 gARY 3,023 (16.4%) <webmaster@justservices.com> # 163 Dragan Stojiljkovic and # Rade Belic 3,007 (16.3%) <rbelic@xs4all.nl> # 164 Dragan Stojiljkovic and # Rade Belic - <rbelic@xs4all.nl> # 165 Salvatore Minacapelli - <sminacapelli@hotmail.com> # 167 Dragan Stojiljkovic and # Rade Belic - <rbelic@xs4all.nl> # 168 Uenal Mutlu - None (Munich, Germany) # 174 Mat Newman - <mnewman@comlab.ox.ac.uk> # (and sci.math contributors) # Wheel below submitted on Sunday 25th May 2008 1 2 3 4 5 10 1 2 9 10 11 26 1 2 10 12 16 20 1 2 12 14 18 23 1 3 14 20 23 26 1 4 9 10 14 23 1 4 9 12 15 27 1 5 11 14 16 27 1 5 11 15 16 23 1 6 7 10 18 19 1 6 8 17 21 27 1 6 13 15 18 25 1 7 8 15 18 24 1 7 13 17 22 27 1 8 10 17 22 25 1 13 14 21 23 24 1 15 18 19 21 22 1 17 19 24 25 27 2 3 15 20 26 27 2 4 9 12 14 27 2 4 9 12 15 23 2 5 11 14 16 23 2 6 8 14 18 21 2 6 13 17 23 25 2 6 15 22 24 27 2 7 8 17 23 24 2 7 13 14 18 22 2 7 15 21 25 27 2 8 13 15 19 27 2 10 15 17 18 27 2 14 18 19 24 25 2 17 19 21 22 23 3 4 5 13 21 24 3 4 5 14 15 17 3 4 5 18 23 27 3 4 13 16 17 26 3 5 10 11 12 13 3 6 7 8 20 26 3 6 7 11 12 19 3 6 9 16 22 24 3 7 9 16 21 25 3 8 9 13 16 19 3 8 11 12 22 25 3 9 10 16 17 18 3 9 11 12 17 21 3 11 12 18 20 24 3 19 20 22 25 26 4 5 9 13 18 20 4 6 7 16 19 26 4 6 9 12 19 25 4 6 11 20 22 24 4 7 8 9 12 22 4 7 11 20 21 25 4 8 11 13 19 20 4 8 16 22 25 26 4 10 11 17 18 20 4 10 12 16 24 26 4 11 16 18 21 26 5 6 7 9 19 20 5 6 8 11 16 25 5 6 12 22 24 26 5 7 11 16 19 22 5 7 12 21 25 26 5 8 9 20 22 25 5 8 12 13 19 26 5 9 10 20 21 26 5 9 16 17 20 24 5 10 12 17 18 26 6 7 21 22 23 24 6 8 10 15 21 23 6 8 14 17 19 22 6 10 13 14 25 27 7 8 10 14 24 27 7 10 13 15 22 23 7 14 15 17 23 25 8 13 19 21 24 25 8 18 19 23 25 27 9 11 13 21 24 26 9 11 14 15 17 26 9 11 18 23 26 27 10 13 17 18 21 24 10 14 19 21 22 27 10 15 19 23 24 25 12 13 16 20 21 24 12 14 15 16 17 20 12 16 18 20 23 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 28 29 34 35 36 37 28 29 38 39 40 41 28 29 42 43 44 45 28 29 46 47 48 49 28 30 34 38 42 46 28 30 35 39 43 47 28 30 36 40 44 48 28 30 37 41 45 49 28 31 34 39 44 49 28 31 35 38 45 48 28 31 36 41 42 47 28 31 37 40 43 46 28 32 34 40 45 47 28 32 35 41 44 46 28 32 36 38 43 49 28 32 37 39 42 48 28 33 34 41 43 48 28 33 35 40 42 49 28 33 36 39 45 46 28 33 37 38 44 47 29 30 34 39 45 48 29 30 35 38 44 49 29 30 36 41 43 46 29 30 37 40 42 47 29 31 34 38 43 47 29 31 35 39 42 46 29 31 36 40 45 49 29 31 37 41 44 48 29 32 34 41 42 49 29 32 35 40 43 48 29 32 36 39 44 47 29 32 37 38 45 46 29 33 34 40 44 46 29 33 35 41 45 47 29 33 36 38 42 48 29 33 37 39 43 49 30 31 34 35 40 41 30 31 36 37 38 39 30 31 42 43 48 49 30 31 44 45 46 47 30 32 34 37 43 44 30 32 35 36 42 45 30 32 38 41 47 48 30 32 39 40 46 49 30 33 34 36 47 49 30 33 35 37 46 48 30 33 38 40 43 45 30 33 39 41 42 44 31 32 34 36 46 48 31 32 35 37 47 49 31 32 38 40 42 44 31 32 39 41 43 45 31 33 34 37 42 45 31 33 35 36 43 44 31 33 38 41 46 49 31 33 39 40 47 48 32 33 34 35 38 39 32 33 36 37 40 41 32 33 42 43 46 47 32 33 44 45 48 49 34 35 42 44 47 48 34 35 43 45 46 49 34 36 38 41 44 45 34 36 39 40 42 43 34 37 38 40 48 49 34 37 39 41 46 47 35 36 38 40 46 47 35 36 39 41 48 49 35 37 38 41 42 43 35 37 39 40 44 45 36 37 42 44 46 49 36 37 43 45 47 48 38 39 42 45 47 49 38 39 43 44 46 48 40 41 42 45 46 48 40 41 43 44 47 49