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Lottery jackpot odds calculator

The lottery jackpot odds calculator answers one clear combinatorial question: if a game draws a fixed count of numbers from a larger pool, and your ticket holds the same count, what is the probability that you match every number and win the top prize?

● BetaFree · in your browser

Run — free How it works & API

Use it from WebAPIEmailTelegramApp soon

That is the pure n-choose-k jackpot model used by classic six-from-forty-nine games, classroom exercises, and prize-ladder sketches that only care about the full-match tier. You supply the pool size and how many numbers are drawn; the engine returns the exact jackpot probability as one over the binomial coefficient C of pool choose drawn, the total number of equally likely tickets, the single favorable combination, odds against expressed as one minus p over p, and a one-in-N reading of the same figure. All arithmetic is deterministic—multiplicative binomial coefficients, no random sampling, no network, no clock—so the same inputs always produce the same outputs. Use it free in the browser for homework, jackpot intuition, and product design, or call the API at $0.002 per successful request when you need reproducible jackpot fixtures in CI, teaching demos, or automated pipelines.

How to use it

Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.

Check your inputs

Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.

Use it again or automate it

Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.

What you can do with it

Get an answer now

Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.

Compare scenarios

Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.

Automate repeated work

Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.

FAQ

How do I use this capability?

Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.

For developers — API access

Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.

API endpoint

POSThttps://api.kit.forhosting.com/stat/lottery-odds

Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.

Call it from your stack

curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/stat/lottery-odds \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"pool":49,"drawn":6}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/stat/lottery-odds", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "pool": 49,
    "drawn": 6
  })
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/stat/lottery-odds",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
    json={
    "pool": 49,
    "drawn": 6
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]

<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/stat/lottery-odds", false, stream_context_create([
  "http" => [
    "method"  => "POST",
    "header"  => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
    "content" => '{"pool":49,"drawn":6}',
  ],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);

body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"pool":49,"drawn":6}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/stat/lottery-odds", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

Example request

{
  "pool": 49,
  "drawn": 6
}

Example response

{
  "task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "type": "stat.lottery_odds",
  "status": "queued",
  "_links": {
    "result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
  }
}

The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.

Pricing

Per request$0.002

Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.

Limits

max_pool 10000

Errors

HTTP	Code	Meaning
`401`	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid API key.
`402`	`insufficient_balance`	Your balance doesn't cover the task price.
`404`	`unknown_type`	That task type doesn't exist.
`429`	`rate_limited`	Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling.

Read the full KIT documentation →