Calculating the odds

From Mr A. R. Girard

I am not a gambler, probably one of the few excesses I have refrained from indulging in.

I have now read in the press that Maltco Lotteries Limited are to improve the Lotto game, improvement designed to give the game the potential to deliver bigger prizes at the top end of the scale. I have no doubt that players will increase input, especially on the terno stakes in an effort to win more.

In this regard I would ask Maltco to provide me with the following information:

Are costs of stakes going to be increased in the near future?

Why have the prizes on the ambo not been increased?

What are the odds of guessing two numbers as opposed to three?

How many terno winners have there been over the past 12 months compared to ambo winners

Anthony R. Girard

SLIEMA