Probability - How does it work?!

I used to wonder about the probability of winning the lottery on a lucky dip ticket, as you were asking the same numbers to be randomly selected in a 14m:1 chance twice.

You mean once when they are selected in the shop and then once again when they are selected in the actual draw ?

I think you are getting some stuff wrong here, the odds of getting those initial random numbers have no bearing on the odds of those numbers being selected in the draw.

So it is still 1 in 14m - rather than 1 in 14m x 14m.