Five boring ways to make a million

Last week, a friend of mine bought two £2 tickets for last Friday's EuroMillions draw.

When I asked him what chance he had of winning the jackpot, my friend replied "one in 10 million, something like that."

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In fact, the exact odds of picking all five main balls (numbered from one to 50) plus the two Lucky Stars (numbered from one to 11) are 116,531,800 to one. With two non-identical tickets for the same draw, these odds halve to 58,265,900 to one.