# This is the record-holding 163-ticket wheel taken from the page: # http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Wheel/Wheel.html # It was constructed by Peter Rosendahl 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 Peter Rosendahl 3,074 (16.7%) <peter.rosendahl@gmail.com> # 163 Manfred S. 3,072 (16.7%) <Manfred-S1@gmx.net> # 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 Thursday 4th June 2009 1 6 7 17 23 46 1 6 9 25 32 45 1 6 11 13 22 38 1 6 20 27 34 47 1 6 33 36 40 49 1 7 9 22 34 49 1 7 11 32 36 47 1 7 13 20 40 45 1 7 25 27 33 38 1 9 11 17 27 40 1 9 13 23 33 47 1 9 20 36 38 46 1 11 20 23 25 49 1 11 33 34 45 46 1 13 17 25 34 36 1 13 27 32 46 49 1 17 20 22 32 33 1 17 38 45 47 49 1 22 23 27 36 45 1 22 25 40 46 47 1 23 32 34 38 40 2 3 4 15 26 28 2 3 8 15 16 37 2 3 10 15 43 45 2 3 15 21 24 30 2 4 8 10 30 43 2 5 14 31 44 48 2 5 29 35 41 42 2 10 16 21 26 43 2 10 24 28 37 43 2 12 14 18 29 31 2 12 19 35 42 44 2 14 19 31 39 41 2 14 31 35 42 43 2 18 35 39 42 48 3 4 14 21 37 42 3 4 16 24 35 42 3 5 10 35 44 48 3 5 12 15 31 39 3 5 18 19 31 43 3 8 14 24 26 42 3 8 21 28 31 35 3 10 12 18 29 35 3 10 19 35 39 41 3 12 31 41 43 48 3 14 15 18 41 44 3 14 16 28 30 42 3 14 19 29 43 48 3 14 26 30 31 37 3 29 31 39 43 44 4 5 8 16 44 48 4 5 8 24 29 39 4 5 12 19 30 37 4 5 16 18 21 41 4 8 12 24 41 44 4 8 18 19 24 48 4 8 19 37 39 41 4 10 26 28 31 42 4 12 16 21 39 48 4 12 18 26 28 30 4 14 15 16 24 31 4 14 26 28 35 43 4 15 21 31 35 37 4 16 19 21 29 44 4 18 30 37 39 44 4 29 30 37 41 48 5 8 12 19 21 26 5 8 18 28 30 41 5 10 12 14 39 43 5 10 14 15 18 19 5 12 16 19 24 28 5 15 42 43 44 48 5 16 26 29 30 39 5 18 21 24 29 44 5 18 24 26 37 41 5 19 26 28 41 44 5 21 28 29 37 39 6 7 9 13 27 36 6 7 11 25 34 40 6 7 20 32 38 49 6 7 22 33 45 47 6 9 11 46 47 49 6 9 17 33 34 38 6 9 20 22 23 40 6 11 17 20 36 45 6 11 23 27 32 33 6 13 17 32 40 47 6 13 20 25 33 46 6 13 23 34 45 49 6 17 22 25 27 49 6 22 32 34 36 46 6 23 25 36 38 47 6 27 38 40 45 46 7 9 11 23 38 45 7 9 17 20 25 47 7 9 32 33 40 46 7 11 13 17 33 49 7 11 20 22 27 46 7 13 22 23 25 32 7 13 34 38 46 47 7 17 22 36 38 40 7 17 27 32 34 45 7 20 23 33 34 36 7 23 27 40 47 49 7 25 36 45 46 49 8 10 16 31 37 42 8 12 16 29 30 37 8 12 28 30 39 48 8 14 15 21 28 42 8 14 16 35 37 43 8 15 24 26 31 35 8 18 21 26 39 44 8 19 28 29 30 44 8 21 26 29 41 48 9 11 13 20 32 34 9 11 22 25 33 36 9 13 17 22 45 46 9 13 25 38 40 49 9 17 23 32 36 49 9 20 27 33 45 49 9 22 27 32 38 47 9 23 25 27 34 46 9 34 36 40 45 47 10 12 14 15 41 48 10 14 15 29 39 44 10 15 19 29 31 48 10 18 31 41 43 44 10 21 24 30 31 42 11 13 23 36 40 46 11 13 25 27 45 47 11 17 22 23 34 47 11 17 25 32 38 46 11 20 33 38 40 47 11 22 32 40 45 49 11 27 34 36 38 49 12 15 18 29 42 43 12 16 26 30 41 44 12 18 19 29 39 48 12 21 28 37 41 44 12 24 26 37 39 48 13 17 20 23 27 38 13 20 22 36 47 49 13 22 27 33 34 40 13 32 33 36 38 45 14 21 24 30 35 43 15 16 28 30 31 35 15 19 39 41 42 43 15 26 30 35 37 42 16 18 19 26 30 48 16 18 24 28 39 44 16 21 24 26 28 37 16 24 28 29 41 48 17 20 34 40 46 49 17 23 25 33 40 45 17 27 33 36 46 47 18 19 21 28 37 48 19 24 26 29 37 44 20 22 25 34 38 45 20 23 32 45 46 47 20 25 27 32 36 40 21 24 30 39 41 48 22 23 33 38 46 49 25 32 33 34 47 49