# This is the record-holding 19-ticket wheel taken from the page: # http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Wheel/Wheel2.html # It was constructed by Stefan Vandevelde <[email protected]> # and later confirmed to guarantee at least a 2-match for a 6 from 49 lottery # by the "verify" program written by Richard K. Lloyd # <[email protected]> # using the command "verify -m 2 wheel19.txt" on 30th May 2004. # Tie-breaker rule: # If two or more wheels equal the record (i.e. use the same number of tickets # to guarantee a 2-match), the one that will be used will be the one that # covers the most number of 2-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 19 tickets # that guarantees a 2-match in a 6 from 49 lottery. Use my verify program # to confirm it's OK and then e-mail it to [email protected] # to get your name up here ! # Roll of honour: # Tickets Combs covered Name E-mail # 19 248 (21.1%) Stefan Vandevelde <[email protected]> # 19 237 (20.2%) Robert Perkis <[email protected]> # 19 216 (18.4%) Ian Mills <[email protected]> 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 7 8 9 10 1 2 11 12 13 14 3 4 7 8 13 14 3 4 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 11 12 5 6 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 21 22 23 24 15 16 25 26 27 28 17 18 21 22 27 28 17 18 23 24 25 26 19 20 21 22 25 26 19 20 23 24 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 41 42 43 47 48 49 44 45 46 47 48 49