A Mega Millions drawing turned up 66, 67, 68 and 69. Is that unusual? By Victor Mather A total of 70 balls went into a drum for a lottery drawing. Five were pulled out: 56, 66, 67, 68 and 69. Maybe ...

Trying variants of a simple mathematical rule that yields interesting results can lead to additional discoveries and curiosities. The numbers 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and 55 belong to a famous ...

Mega Millions players hoping for a multimillion-dollar win may be scratching their heads after seeing the winning numbers. Tuesday, Dec. 17, Mega Millions numbers were 56-66-67-68-69 and the Mega Ball ...

Consecutive numbers are ones that follow on from each other in order, like 2, 3, 4 and 5. We can create certain numbers by adding together runs of consecutive numbers, e.g. 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 or 14 + 15 = ...

All of these puzzles relate to adding together consecutive numbers. Mathematicians do not like doing a lot of, tedious adding up, and so are always on the lookout for cunning shortcuts. It might help ...

I decided to Google his name to see what had happened to him. It turned out that he’d died four days earlier. What were the odds against me Googling him so soon afterwards? Reading on, I discovered ...

The numbers five, six, seven, eight and nine were drawn, while the Powerball was 10. South Africa’s national lottery has been accused of fraud as people can’t believe those numbers were drawn at ...

The Powerball jackpot reached an estimated $1.5 billion Saturday night as officials announced the latest winning numbers, continuing a long streak without a top prize winner. The numbers drawn ...

Discover how taxes slash a $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot, with winners taking home far less after federal and state cuts.