Our lottery in New Zealand has 40 numbers which you are required to select the six drawn numbers. How many possible combinations are there. In other words what are the odds of winning.
1/40C6
3838380 = 3.83838e6
1/3838383
40
C
6
= (40x39x38x37x36x35) / (6!)
=(40x39x38x37x36x35) / (6x5x4x3x2x1)