Lottery Odds Calculator: Pick Numbers and 5D
Choose a game: numbers drawn from a pool, or digits such as 5D. The calculator counts every possible result to give the exact chances, shows the jackpot as “1 in …”, and works out what a ticket or a bet costs on average from the prizes you type.
Two kinds of game, one honest count
Most lotteries and number games take one of two shapes. In the first you choose numbers from a pool, such as 6 from 49, and the draw takes the same number of balls. In the second a result is a string of digits, such as the five digits of 5D. The calculator handles both. It adds up every possible result, so each chance is a whole number out of a whole number and never a rounded rule of thumb.
At the time of writing (8 October 2026), the platform’s page lists 5D in its Lottery group. The rules sit behind an account, so we have not read them and describe 5D as it is commonly described. The 5D guide sets out the chance tables in words.
One 6 from 49 ticket, worked through
There are 13,983,816 ways to choose 6 numbers from 49, and one of them is the draw, so the jackpot is 1 in 1,39,83,816. Smaller matches are far more common.
| Numbers matched | Ways | One in |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 1,39,83,816 |
| 5 | 258 | 54,201 |
| 4 | 13,545 | 1,032 |
| 3 | 2,46,820 | 57 |
Buy one ticket a day and a jackpot becomes more likely than not only after 96,92,843 tickets, which is 26,556 years. A hundred tickets give a 1 in 1,39,839 chance and cost ₹10,000 at ₹100 each. The numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6 are exactly as likely as any other six.
The prize table turns this into a cost. The example prizes are built so that a ticket returns about half its price: the jackpot adds 25% of the price, and the next three prizes add 10%, 10% and 5%. On those figures a ₹100 ticket returns about ₹49.62 and loses about ₹50 on average, which is ₹5,038 over 100 tickets. They are an illustration. Type the prizes your own lottery states.
A five-digit game
Five digits, each from 0 to 9, make 1,00,000 results, so matching all five in order is 1 in 1,00,000 and the payout that would cost nothing is 1,00,000×. Against one fixed ticket, no position matches 59.05% of the time, exactly one 32.8%, two 7.29%, three 0.81%, four 0.045% and all five 0.001%. At least one position is right 40.95% of the time, which is why near misses feel common.
The digit sum runs from 0 to 45 and piles up in the middle: 22 and 23 each come up 6.00% of the time, 0 and 45 only 1 in 1,00,000. A Big bet with the cut-off at 23 splits the results exactly in half. Take an exact match paid at 95,000×, which is 5% under break-even. It keeps 5.00% of every stake, ₹500 over 100 rounds of ₹100, and it takes 69,315 rounds before one win is more likely than not.
No formula changes a draw
Searches for lottery “formulas”, “calculators” and “predictions” promise the same thing: that the next numbers can be worked out from the last ones. A formula can only choose which numbers you play. Every choice has the same chance. For a three-digit number a clever guess and a random guess are both 1 in 1,000, and it takes 693 tries before at least one hit is more likely than not.
Past draws are a record of what chance did. Numbers that look “due”, “hot” or “lucky” are patterns in a random list, and colour tricks and formulas tests the same idea on simulated rounds. Tools that claim to read the next result are covered in predictor apps.
How to use the calculator
- Pick the kind of game. For numbers from a pool, type the pool, how many numbers a ticket holds, the ticket price and how many tickets you will buy.
- Type the prizes your lottery pays for each number of matches, or press the example button and replace what it fills in.
- For a digit game, choose the bet, the digits, the payout your app shows and any fee.
- Read the jackpot line first, then the share of the price that comes back.
- Use the practice draws to see how rarely the big prizes arrive.
What this page cannot tell you
We do not know any lottery’s prizes, payouts or fees. A real jackpot may be shared, may roll over, and may be taxed, and the calculator works out none of that. It cannot see how a draw is made, and it assumes every ball or digit is equally likely, that the draw takes as many balls as a ticket holds, and that there is no bonus ball. To price other games, try the expected-loss calculator or browse all the free tools.
Common questions
What are the odds of the jackpot in a 6 from 49 lottery?
1 in 1,39,83,816, because there are 13,983,816 ways to choose 6 numbers from 49 and only one is the draw. Matching 5 numbers is 1 in 54,201, matching 4 is 1 in 1,032 and matching 3 is 1 in 57. These are exact counts, not estimates.
Is 1-2-3-4-5-6 less likely than other lottery numbers?
No. Every set of six numbers has exactly the same chance, 1 in 1,39,83,816 for 6 from 49. A run only looks unlikely. What can differ is how many other people played the same numbers, which changes how a shared jackpot is split, never the chance that the draw matches.
Can a lottery formula or calculator pick the numbers that will come up?
No. A formula can only choose which numbers you play, and every choice has the same chance. Past draws do not change the next one, so “due” and “hot” numbers are stories told about a random list. For a three-digit number, a clever guess and a random guess are both 1 in 1,000.
How many tickets make a jackpot more likely than not?
For 6 from 49, 96,92,843 tickets, which is about 26,556 years if you buy one every day. A hundred tickets give a 1 in 1,39,839 chance of a jackpot and cost ₹10,000 at ₹100 each. The chance grows with the tickets, and so does the bill.
What does the digit sum in a five-digit game tell me?
Five digits add up to anything from 0 to 45, but unevenly: sums of 22 and 23 each come up 6.00% of the time, and 0 and 45 only 1 in 1,00,000. A bet on one exact sum therefore has to pay far more than a big-or-small bet, and a run of high sums does not make a low one due.
Does the lottery calculator send my numbers or prizes anywhere?
No. Everything is worked out in your browser. Nothing you type leaves your device, and the practice draws use pretend money. If you press the copy-link button, your numbers go into the link after the # sign, which a website never receives.