Comments on: Want to be a millionaire pop star? You’re better off buying £64 of lottery tickets than entering the X-Factor. http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/09/16/x-factor-millionaire-lottery/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackie http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/09/16/x-factor-millionaire-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 Jackie Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:02:06 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=3742#comment-2104 Brilliant! This is exactly the kind of thing pie charts *should* be used for. And whatever happened to Leon Jackson, hmm? (Leona Lewis can bleed to death for all I care.) (Can I say that on air?) Brilliant! This is exactly the kind of thing pie charts *should* be used for. And whatever happened to Leon Jackson, hmm? (Leona Lewis can bleed to death for all I care.) (Can I say that on air?)

]]> By: Dan Zambonini http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/09/16/x-factor-millionaire-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 Dan Zambonini Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:09:22 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=3742#comment-2103 As @malcolmcoles kindly pointed out on Twitter, the number of applications for the X-Factor has risen from 50,000 (Series 1) to 200,000 (Series 6) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_%28UK%29#Auditions Which means you actually only have to spend £13 on lottery tickets to have the same chance. Wouldn't make such an interesting TV show, though, just watching people choosing numbers and then hoping to win money (though Deal Or No Deal seems to get away with it). As @malcolmcoles kindly pointed out on Twitter, the number of applications for the X-Factor has risen from 50,000 (Series 1) to 200,000 (Series 6) — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_%28UK%29#Auditions

Which means you actually only have to spend £13 on lottery tickets to have the same chance. Wouldn’t make such an interesting TV show, though, just watching people choosing numbers and then hoping to win money (though Deal Or No Deal seems to get away with it).

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