Lottery Questions and Scientific Law of Averages Guide to Winning: Separating Fact From Fiction
There are many websites on the internet claiming to have strategies you can employ that guarantee you being able to determine the winning lottery numbers for the next drawing. It’s time to separate lottery fact from lottery fiction.
WorldLottoSolution.com and Ken Silver’s Silver Lotto System are among the top websites trying to sell you copies of their latest books, which are portrayed as having the secrets average people need to win the lottery. However, if we think about this logically for a moment, if those books really did have the winning lotto secrets, why didn’t someone already buy them and post the secrets on some random forum board for everyone else to see? And why are the lottery companies still in business?
To answer these questions, as well as many others, I’ve created a Lottery FAQ Guide to help everyone.
Fact: There are many companies selling lottery-winning books.
From your local library to online websites, there’s no shortage of companies trying to sell you their 200-page book claiming to have strategies on winning the lottery. Most of them charge anywhere from $40 to $100, stating that it’s a cheap price to pay when compared to the millions of dollars you’ll supposedly earn with their systems.
Fiction: There’s a guaranteed way to win the lottery.
Aside from the lottery company cheating (i.e. making certain numbered balls different in size, shape or weight), there is no guaranteed way for you to win the lottery. I don’t care if you’re a scientist working on the Hadron Particle Collider, or even if you’re Albert Einstein. Whether you’d like to admit it or not, some events rely purely on luck.
Fact: Certain lotteries have better win-lose ratios than others.
In Keno lotteries, the numbers range from 1 to 70, but you get to pick up to 10 numbers, and up to 20 are drawn on a daily basis. As long as 2 of the 20 numbers drawn match the numbers you picked, you win. I don’t know about you, but matching 2 numbers out of 20 is much easier than matching 6 numbers out of 6. Sure, the payout is much lower, but winning lots of low amounts makes up for winning one high amount.
Fiction: Certain lottery numbers come out more often than others.
Assuming the lottery is a legit one, all of the balls in the machine should have an equal chance of being drawn. So if there are 50 numbers, each ball has a 1 in 50 chance of coming out.
Strategies that Claim to Win, but Fail
With the factual and fictional statements out of the way, it’s now time to discuss the main reason why you’re reading this article. Although there is no 100% guaranteed way to win the lottery, there are some tips you can follow to increase your chances of winning. Keep in mind these strategies work with 6-pick lotteries.
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Simon J R Holmes, posted this comment on Dec 14th, 2008
The odds of the numbers being 1,2,3,4,5,6 are the same as it being any other combination of outcomes before the event. So it might be argued that going for a “stupid” idea like six consecutive numbers would increase your chances of winning the jackpot alone, which is surely the best any good lottery strategy should aim for.
Bren Parks, posted this comment on Dec 9th, 2008
Very good article. It is surprising how many people think there is a sure fire way to win the lottery.