Question about 6/49

[SG1]

I never played any lotto before but i was looking at their website just now and found out the following:

5/6 4.75 % of the Pools Fund 1 in 55,492
4/6 9 % of the Pools Fund 1 in 1,033

Why is that? why 4 out of 6 has more prize than 5 out of 6? Or am i missing something?

[dipple]

I never played any lotto before but i was looking at their website just now and found out the following:

5/6 4.75 % of the Pools Fund 1 in 55,492
4/6 9 % of the Pools Fund 1 in 1,033

Why is that? why 4 out of 6 has more prize than 5 out of 6? Or am i missing something?

Notice the odds of winning the 4/6 are 55x better than winning the 5/6? The reason why 4/6 needs a higher percentage of the pools fund is there will be a high number of people winning a small prize, and the total amount of money paid out will be larger than the value of the small number of people who win the bigger 5/6 prize.


edit: October 31st
5/6 109 winners = $2,078.50 each = 223,286.50

4/6 5400 winners = $79.50 each = 429,300

[Mario38]

The prize breakdown can be anything they choose and does not have to be a reflection of the probability of winning the prize.

The average 4/6 prize is $70 and the average 5/6 prize is $2,061.

Good luck.