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.

But first, I want to post the fake winning tips other people have posted on other sites. You may have noticed people claiming all of the following:

1. Pick 3 even numbers and pick 3 odd numbers.
2. Pick 3 low numbers (1 to 30) and pick 3 high numbers (31 to 60).

I participate in the lottery every day and I’ve seen 6-number combinations where all the numbers have been even, all have been odd, all have been low and all have been high.

The Best Strategies – Follow the Law of Averages

If you take anything from my article, remember that there is no guaranteed way to beat the lottery! However, there are some tips you can follow to increase your chances of winning – not by much, but increase nonetheless.

1. Try not to pick 6 consecutive numbers in a row.

Although it’s theoretically possible that, for example, the winning numbers could be: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, the odds of that happening are very low, according to lottery statistics. As of today, there has yet to be a winning combination existing of 6 consecutive numbers in any lottery in the world. The flip-side to this is that you could argue that it’s much more likely that such a combination could come out in the future. In any case, try spreading out your number selections.

2. Never pick ANY of the same numbers for two consecutive lottery draws.

The Law of Averages is based upon mathematical probabilities. Even though each lottery ball has an equal chance of coming out, the Law of Averages states that after a particular ball has emerged from the machine, that same ball’s percentage of coming out again the very next draw will drop by half. On the other hand, the balls that haven’t come out have their percentages of coming out for the following draw doubled. This concept seems complicated, so let me explain the idea behind it.

Let’s say we have a 6-pick, 10-ball lottery that is running for the first time. Based upon the law of averages, each ball, numbered from 1 to 10, starts off with a 10% chance of being drawn. For the first draw, the results are as follows: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9. That means that all 6 of those drawn numbers, which used to have a 10% chance at being drawn, now only have a 5% chance at being drawn. The other 4 numbers that were not drawn (3, 4, 7, 10) now have a 20% chance at being drawn. Now, let’s say that for the second draw, the results are: 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10. That means that the numbers 3, 7 and 10 (which had a 20% chance of coming out this draw), now only have a 10% chance of coming out the next draw. And the numbers 5, 8 and 9 (which had a 5% chance of coming out this draw), now only have a 2.50% chance of coming out the next draw.

Of course, the starting percentage rate for all of the balls depending on the number of balls in the lottery. Simply divide 1 by the total number of balls, multiply the result by 100, and you’ll get the initial rate. So if there are 70 balls, each ball has a 1.43% chance at coming out. And just follow the same strategy as I mentioned. Each time a number comes out, cut its percentage rate in half. Each time a number does not come out, double its percentage rate.

Again, this isn’t a sure-fire way to win, but you’re working with the Law of Averages on your side, which definitely helps your chances.

3. Is it better to stick with playing the same 6 numbers over and over again?

This is the third and last true strategy. According to the Law of Averages, you have a one-in-X-billion chance of having all 6 numbers you picked come out together in a lottery drawing. By playing the same 6 numbers over and over again, you are contradicting Strategy #2 that I posted above, but you are still, believe it or not, increasing your overall chances. I haven’t calculated the percentage rate since we’re getting into very small numbers here, but if hypothetically, the rate was initially 0.000000001%, then every time all 6 of your numbers don’t come out together, the rate doubles. Of course, it’ll keep doubling until you hopefully hit all 6 numbers in a drawing. By following this strategy, you reduce your odds of winning to something to the extent of 1 in 1.43 million. It’s much less than the original 1-in-X-billion ratio, but it’s still a long-shot. Nevertheless, it’s a strategy you can employ.

And that’s it. I’ve covered the facts, the fiction, the false strategies and the true strategies. Just remember that even with the Law of Averages on your side, the odds are substantially against you at winning any kind of huge prize. Skill and mathematics only go so far as to determining the numbers. Luck plays a big part in the game of lottery. So take note of these strategies, get out your lucky rabbit’s foot, and hope for the best.