Lottery Odds API
Lottery combinatorics as an API, computed locally and deterministically and exactly — the real odds behind a ticket, the maths the jackpot poster never shows. The odds endpoint gives the jackpot odds of a pick-N game as the number of possible tickets, C(pool, picks), times the bonus-ball pool if there is one: a 6/49 game is 1 in 13,983,816, a 5/69-plus-1/26 Powerball-style game is 1 in 292,201,338, and every single line is equally unlikely. The match-odds endpoint gives the chance of matching exactly k of the main numbers — a prize tier — from the hypergeometric formula C(picks, k)·C(pool−picks, picks−k) ÷ C(pool, picks), so matching 3 of 6 in a 6/49 game is about 1 in 57. The expected-value endpoint turns a jackpot and ticket price into the expected value and the break-even jackpot (price × the odds), the threshold a jackpot must clear before a ticket is even theoretically worth it — before a shared jackpot, lump-sum and tax pull it back under. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and exact. Ideal for lottery and odds apps, gambling-education and responsible-play tools, probability teaching, and game back-ends. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Exact combinatorics. Live, nothing stored. 3 compute endpoints. Educational — not gambling advice; the odds are always against you.
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