<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Lottery mathematics is used to calculate probabilities in a lottery game . </P> <P> In a typical 6 / 49 game, each player chooses six non-duplicate numbers from a range of 1 - 49 . If the six numbers on a ticket match the numbers drawn by the lottery, the ticket holder is a jackpot winner--regardless of the order of the numbers . The probability of this happening is 1 in 13,983,816 . </P> <P> The chance of winning can be demonstrated as follows: The first number drawn has a 1 in 49 chance of matching . When the draw comes to the second number, there are now only 48 balls left in the bag (because the balls already drawn are not returned to the bag) so there is now a 1 in 48 chance of predicting this number . </P>

You select 6 numbers out of 49. how many possible outcomes there is