David Cushing and David Stewart calculate a winning solution
Earlier this year, two mathematicians revealed that it is possible to guarantee a win on the UK national lottery by buying just 27 tickets, despite there being 45,057,474 possible draw combinations. The pair were shocked to see their findings make headlines around the world and inspire numerous people to play these 27 tickets – with mixed results – and say they don’t bother to play themselves.
Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý at the University of Manchester, UK, used a mathematical field called finite geometry to prove that particular sets of…
