We are going to use a 6/49 lotto game (like Super Lotto) and Abbreviated Wheel A-6-8-4-4-7 to illustrate how the minimum win guarantee of an Abbreviated Wheel is satisfied.

Abbreviated Wheel A-6-8-4-4-7 wheels 8 numbers in 7 combinations for a 6-digit lotto game.

Minimun Win Guarantee: Using Abbreviated Wheel A-6-8-4-4-7 - If 4 out of the 6 winning numbers fall into the 8 numbers wheeled, you are guaranteed to have at least one combination with 4 winning numbers.

For example, 05, 08, 12, 19, 22, 32, 41, 48 are the numbers wheeled. The following 7 numbers are generated using our Abbreviated Wheel:

1. 05-08-12-19-22-41
2. 05-08-12-32-41-48
3. 05-08-19-22-32-48
4. 05-12-19-22-32-48
5. 05-19-22-32-41-48
6. 08-12-19-22-32-41
7. 08-12-19-22-41-48
   

If you play these 7 combinations and if any 4 of the 6 winning numbers fall into the 8 numbers wheeled: 05, 08, 12, 19, 22, 32, 41, 48, you are guaranteed to have at least one combination with 4 winning numbers.

To prove this, let's use a Full Wheel Generator to create all the possible 4-digit combinations the 8 numbers 05, 08, 12, 19, 22, 32, 41, 48 could generate. There are a total of 70 such 4-digit combinations. If the 6-digit winning numbers consisted of any one of these 4-digit combinations plus any other 2 numbers, you are guaranteed to have at least one of the above 7 combinations with 4 winning numbers.

You could always win more than the minimum win guarantee. For example, you could win jackpot if all 6 of the winning numbers are among the 8 numbers wheeled. But it is not guaranteed.

The following table shows that:

• All the 70 4-digit combinations generated by 05, 08, 12, 19, 22, 32, 41, 48
• One or more of our 7 combinations have at least 4 numbers matched accordingly

As you can see, at least one of the 7 combinations matches all the 4 numbers of the 4-digit combination. Some of them have 2 or 3 of the 7 combinations with 4 numbers matched.

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