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Tips to Improve Lottery Odds
Tips to Improve Lottery Odds
Unlike poker and blackjack the lottery is a pure game of chance and no special skills are needed to play the lottery. This does not mean that lottery players can’t use some logic and reason to increase their chances of winning that huge Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot. There are many websites that claim to have the ‘secret’ to winning the lottery but most of these are based on new age mysticism or outright superstitions. Other lottery websites may claim to have discovered various algorithms to pick winning numbers. The hard cold facts are; there are no ‘lucky’ numbers and lottery numbers are usually picked by some sort of random number generator. There are some strategies that can increase your chances of winning the lottery and here are seven ways to improve your chances of winning.
Avoid playing numbers that have recently been drawn. It is highly unlikely that these numbers will be drawn again. Statistics show that most big lottery winners had their numbers picked by a random number generator at a lottery retailer.
There is no such thing as a so called ‘lucky’ number. While playing your birthday dates may be fun it is highly unlikely your birthday date will be drawn. In addition birthday numbers are limited to six or eight digits and most lotteries require the player to pick more digits than a birthday date can provide.
Since lottery draws are totally random using number sequences is a poor strategy. Sequences such as 2-4-6-8-10 should be avoided. Since lottery draws are random it is best to mix odd and even numbers.
Play lottery games with better odds. While the payout will not be as big lottery games that require the player to pick 3 or 4 numbers offer players significantly better odds. Most lotteries publish the odds for the various games they offer.
Avoid using patterns on the lottery playslip. While some patterns may look pretty cool on the lottery slip they will not in any way improve your chances of winning.
Many savvy lottery players check previously drawn numbers and will pick what are known as ‘neighbor numbers’. One lottery expert says that players should check the 10 most recent drawings for numbers that have been drawn frequently.
Watch for repeating numbers. Put simply these are numbers that have been drawn more frequently than others. Thanks to computer technology it is easy to check past winning numbers.
One expert says that three and four digit lottery games run in trends. He points out that a number that has not been drawn during the past ten games is a ‘due number.’ He also suggests checking for frequent numbers and to use a combination of due numbers and frequently occurring numbers.
In the past people have spent a considerable amount of time researching various ways to improve the odds for players but the fact remains; the lottery is still a game of pure chance.
Strategy of Winning Florida Lotto
As we all know, it is not so easy to win lotto. If you play Florida lottery, you should play smart. There are just some tips from our lotto players listed in the following:
1. Do not choose the combinations have been drawn before – Based upon our study, the repeated combinations are unlikely being drawn again. A set of six-same-number combinations takes more than 3,000 years to occur for the second times.
2. Do not choose the extreme numbers – One example of the extreme numbers looks like 01-02-03-04-05-06. This kind of combination is unlikely to happen. According to our study, six extreme numbers have never been drawn in Florida lotto history.
3. Do not use mathematical arithmetic progressions – Some examples of using arithmetic progressions are adding 10 to numbers, like 02-12-22-32-42-52, or multiplying some number, such as multiplying numbers by 3.
4. Do not choose all numbers from one group – For instance, in Florida lotto 6/53, we divide numbers into several groups as 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50-53. Avoid choosing all numbers from one group.
5. Do not choose all odd or even numbers – Bases upon the history of Florida Lottery, all 6 odd numbers or 6 even numbers are rarely occurred.
6.Do choose high – low pattern – Most winning numbers spread across the entire number field. Normally, we split this number field in half. Low half is 1-26, and high half is 27-53. All high or all low numbers are rarely drawn. The best pattern is 2/4, 3/3, or 4/2, for instance, we pick 2 low numbers and 4 high numbers in the case of 2/4. These three patterns occur more than 80% of the time.
7. Do choose numbers from different groups – From previous winning numbers, most of them spread across different groups. However, sometimes, one or more of the number groups is missing, for example, on 2007-03-14, the winning numbers 05-07-25-36-38-50, there is no number from 10’s. Checking and studying previous winning numbers will help you to determine which group to omit and which group to give extra heavy attention.
8. Do choose even – odd pattern – As we have stated before, all odd or all even numbers are rarely drawn, occurring less than 1% of the time. The best mix is 2/4, 4/2, or 3/3, which means, in the case of 3/3, 3 even numbers and 3 odd numbers should be selected. These three patterns have occurred in 82% chance in all drawings.
9. Do choose numbers adjacent to previous winning numbers – For example, if number 15 has been hit in the last drawing, its adjacent numbers(14 and 16) are likely to be drawn. It is practical to pick adjacent numbers because 80% of the drawings have been occurred. A good example is 2007-02-17, the winning number is 11-18-20-24-27-51, the next drawing(2007-02-21) comes 12-14-16-23-26-45. We can see 11-12, 24-23, and 27-26.
10. Do sum up previous winning numbers – According to our study, the summation of the most winning numbers is laid between 110 and 210. For example, from 2006-04-05 to 2007-03-17(100 draws), 89% of the sums of these 100 draws is in the range of 110 to 210, only 5% is smaller than 110, and 6% is larger than 210. Thus, the combination of 03-05-11-19-26-35 has little chance to win. A good practical combination is between 140 and 200 because almost 70% of combinations are in this range. 11. Do repeat some numbers from previous winning numbers – According to our study, some numbers of the last three winning numbers like to show up again and again. For example, from 2007-03-10 to 2007-03-21, we can see 29, 32, 36, and 50 shown up repeatedly.