One for the statisticians

Both ways are equal statistically. You still have 20 in xxxx??? chances of winning. The actual numbers printed on the tickets are stsistically insignificant. To explain, if I was to ask you to pick a number between 1 and 10, there is a one in ten chance that the number you chose was correct, whatever the number is. It could have been three, six, or one, it wouldn't change the chances.

As an intersting aside, there is exactly the same chance of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, with supps of 7, and 8 being drawn in the Lotto as there are for any other random choice of numbers. Statistically it WILL happen, eventually.

Have no idea about the answer to your question, but every time I here or see some mention of a club raffle I immediately go back some 35 years to when I was dating a girl whose family was heavily involved in their local football side.

The football club was having a raffle, the first prize being a brand new (then) Holden Kingswood sedan. The tickets were something like $30 each and were limited in sales to around the 300 mark.

When the draw for the raffle took place the particular car was present under wraps
all bright and shiny, registered etc. and ready to be driven away by the lucky winner.
I will always remember that I had ticket number 434 but unfortunatley the winning number was 435. As I bought my ticket through the girl friend's family I thought hey one of you guys have probably got ticket 435.
Sure enough the girlfriend's father Les had the winning ticket.
He produces the ticket, congratulations all round and the promoters then remove the wraps from the new vehicle.
It was registered number LSF-435.
LSF was the girlfriend's father's initials, and the 435 the winning ticket number.
The vehicle was registered some 7 days prior to the raffle draw and I still can't believe what were the chances of that number plate coming up.
Great story but sorry I can't help with your query.
Wayne.

Yes the ink on the tickets printed into the shape of a number plays no bearing on whether they will be picked out or in what order - its just a means for identifying one ticket from another - you could use any pattern of ink you like - as long as each ticket was unique. The use of numbers for identification makes (some) people think that tickets have some sort of order/relationship - but there is none - they are all just unrelated bits of paper.
Cheers
Greg

Thanks for replies, didnt think there was any difference but you never know on here, someone may have had a theory.

Its actually quite a good raffle, we on average tend to win a tray or joint every other week, sometimes twice, its all about the fun of partaking.

Cheers

Ron

Local pub / club weekly raffles are truly a random for who wins , 100 tickets sold, if you buy 20 you have 1 in 5 chance of being the winner ,, now as an ex Publican I can tell you that almost any and all other "raffles" at your local being of a "promo" be it buy this and get a ticket in this , are nearly always rigged ,,be it for a bbq worth $150 or a car worth $20,000 ,,,do you realy think that I or anyone else selling booze will "give" away anything to someone who we don't know from a bar of soap , not in this life time !!