Do you Believe Lotteries are Random?

Reply #79

pick4hawk — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:47:17 GMT

no everything has a bias.

looking for it can lead to failure or for some success.

Reply #78

dlg0120 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:18:35 GMT

Yes they are ramdom

that's why there are odds right

Reply #77

pick4hawk — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:50:15 GMT

To weigh in on the idea if things are random. well quick pick for me is out.

The actual game is more random but if all controls were know to the public then would still play

Reply #76

SpanaUnlimited — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:13:01 GMT

Anytime large amounts of winnings are at stake.....I use to wonder if perhaps the system was fixed and if randomness was just a farse. But since I every so often read of less fortunate people winning via press releases. I figure the only reason I personally have never won s solely due to the insormountable odds in the particular lottery

Reply #75

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:26:29 GMT

Very nice analysis. Out of curiosity I went through my files on Pick 3 here in Tx. There have been 2173 midday drawings, and 4837 evening drawings. Six midday drawings a week, six evening drawings a week, no Sundays. Of the midday drawings, there are 111 numbers that have never been drawn. Of the evening drawings, there are only 2 numbers that have never been drawn, 149 and 999. And get this, 149 has NEVER been drawn day or night. So..... random or not? Tx by the way is mechanical ball drop, no

Reply #74

copper2 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:45:45 GMT

Cash 3 Tn ABSOLUTELY NOT RNG stands for Rigged Numbers Game! Idont trust computer picked #s games as TN moved drawbreak from 7:18 to 7:10.....why? you answer that C2

Reply #73

ca-dreamin* — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:13:15 GMT

Years ago I had a man on my route(per my job) who insisted that the only way to get all 5 numbers on Fantasy Five(CA) was to choose your own numbers. LOL more than once he said that the computer only lets so many tickets win. He must of been basing this on the numbers the machine picked for its QP's otherwise the machine would also know his numbers. Anyway he kept a spiral notebook where he wrote the winning numbers and each line would have one or two numbers circled. Every time he showed me his... [ More ]

Reply #72

ca-dreamin* — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:32:48 GMT

This was a reply to Jimmy...sorry I thought I checked the box to include his message

Reply #71

ca-dreamin* — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:29:40 GMT

hmmm....you may be on to something. I know for myself when I'm looking at my graphs to see what individual numbers have been doing yup... I'm looking for known patterns. And sometimes after looking for a few hours I just want to pick my numbers and be done with it. I think the next time I decide to play some numbers I'm gonna take a few minutes to look at the bigger picture(the whole graph) and try to see if anything catches my attention before I start to focus on individual numbers.... [ More ]

Reply #70

Newb — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:33:27 GMT

In number prediction it probably depends on how high you set your bar. If you say you can predict with 100% accuracy the next 6 numbers in a 6/49 game then the bar is too high. If you lower the bar and say you can predict 38 numbers that will contain at least 4 winning numbers, then predictions become more realistic.

Reply #69

missjean — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:30:50 GMT

Hi Guys,

I have won lotteries based on my lucky numbers, but never from research but I would think it could be done.

For example dont forget the guy who has hit the pick 5 over 20 times. He has to know some sort of a pattern question is which one.

I remember as a child, I could win a big prize if I could dig the right key out of a box that held over 50,000 keys. Well guess what, i trained my hands to learn the pattern, and I picked the right key every time.

I think the lotto, pick 5

Reply #68

jimjwright — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:08:15 GMT

Hello,

My 2 cents on the subject is if something mechanical is involved then there is the potential for bias. If a computer is doing the RNG then again there is the potential for bias. So yes I believe that bias probably exists. On the other hand because the odds are so against us even if bias exists, that a single person would not be able to exploit this bias. I'm not even sure a syndicate could exploit any bias without requiring a huge inventstment. I have come up with many theories and see... [ More ]

Reply #67

awwcrap — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:21:23 GMT

Yesssss, for the big games it is random,,,,for now

Reply #66

Newb — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:28:50 GMT

Perhaps there are people or syndicates that win signiifanct amounts of money often.

But one main issue is that for a supposedly completely random event the outcomes are consistent, ie you you get get very few winners if at all.

Take a look at the Euromillions winnings. Now at allways rolls over several weeks until the jackpot hits 60 - 80 million pounds euros etc. And then you allways have one or two winners of the jackpot. A random event with consistent result where you can predict the ou... [ More ]

Reply #65

guesser — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:41:54 GMT

Why ?

Just because you have not won ?

Guess what ? Billions of tickets have been sold, how many winners have there been ?

Umm, not as many ?

You need to go do the math...

Reply #64

guesser — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:39:01 GMT

Of course you don't, and you are WRONG.

Think about it:

All of us - including you - either have or had a 'system' to pick numbers.

'Systems' are used that are defined by things we notice, tendencies we see, 'obvious patterns'.

And those never hit, do they ?

So please tell us - what are YOUR 'undeniable patterns', and if you have NOTICED an 'undeniable pattern', then you have noticed a 'pattern', am I not right ?

So there you have it: You have noticed an 'undeniable pattern', an... [ More ]

Reply #63

LANTERN — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:25:43 GMT

Hello!

Welcome to the Lottery Post Forum!

While it does not have to be fixed, it sure does look as if it is!

Besides, I used to predict on The Pick 3 Forum long ago for quite a while and I also have more than just a little understanding about random and it's prediction, I also have looked at lottery draws for quite a while.

Believe me when I say that there is a relatively good chance of being able to predict natural pick 3 lottery random, among a number of combinations.

Reply #62

luckychick47 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:07:51 GMT

I also agree with you. It has to be fixed.

Reply #61

LANTERN — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:02:42 GMT

The lotteries also have the technology to know which numbers were bought were, if they want to, so if they don't want somebody to win at a given location they could block all pick 3 numbers bought there, at least all straight combinations at a given range of stores at a particular general city location.

Just an idea, but the technology is there if they want to use it.

Reply #60

LANTERN — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:34:05 GMT

Random numbers? By chance or not?

Don't they have from 3 to 5 predraws before each real draw and don't they change ballsets and draws machines to make sure that the draws-numbers are random or to make sure that they are not random?

With so many past draws and predraws, by now they must have videos of all the straight pick 3 numbers several times over, is this one of the reasons for having the predraws?

What do those numbers mean, random or not random?

Is this the first time that the... [ More ]

Reply #59

Amazing Grace — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:39:07 GMT

Can Random be predicted

Yes to a degree.

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/191490

Reply #58

LANTERN — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:00:25 GMT

These are Tx past draws, they are weird looking.

Random?

We could debate that forever,if you ask me, I would say:

Not Random!

04/01/2009 5 8 5 18

03/31/2009 1 6 6 13 03/31/2009 6 5 2 13

03/30/2009 4 4 5 13 03/30/2009 2 0 0 2

03/28/2009 5 3 4 12 03/28/2009 6 7 6 19

03/27/2009 0 0 4 4 03/27/2009 5 2 7 14

03/26/2009 2 7 1 10 03/26/2009 0 7 8 15

03/25/2009 1 2 7 10 03/25/2009 7 8 0 15

03/24/2009 6 7 1 14 03/24/2009 9 4 6 19

03/23/2009 6 8 7 21 03/23/2009 0... [ More ]

Reply #57

tungsten chef — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:56:21 GMT

virginia pick 3 and 4.

last night 795 box...today midday...795 box...pick 4 midday had the 759 combo in it. random?? doubt it. bring out your theories gurus.

Reply #56

pumpi76 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:36:40 GMT

Well there have been moments that i've put in my blog the combination that has all even numbers will not play tomorrow so people do not play it following drawing all even combinations play...This has happened 3 different times in different months...

when i said that i was reffering to Pick6 and Pick5....

Reply #55

WIN D — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:57:55 GMT

Thank you very much K Y Floyd....... it was driving me nuts !

No follow up comments from anywhere either . LOL

Anytime you see 3 different digits in a number ...... say012 for example .... there is a66% chance that at least one of those digits will repeat in the next draw.

Oh yeah .... anytime you get a double ...... 011 example ......there is a 49% shot that one of the 2 digits will repeat on next draw.

...... and its all because of the Odds ......and the Ma... [ More ]

Reply #54

RJOh — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:10:20 GMT

With a pick3 game, the odds are pretty good, whether you buy QP's or pick your own numbers, the next batch of QP's are going to have some of the same numbers played earlier. There just aren't that many numbers to be used in combinations of pick3s.

Reply #53

greggace — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:09:55 GMT

Hi I am new here...username...greggace

I hear you with quick picks, they do seem to win quite a bit...

However ponder this... When a heavy system player, has just left a machine,

(now don't forget that system player has reviewed stats, overdue, hot etc... and has made his play based on that...)

my guess is if lets say the next person in the store asks for a QUICK PICK, then the lotto machine will generate the new numbers

with some of the old system players numbers inside of i... [ More ]

Reply #52

Stack47 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:21:13 GMT

Like they will record the pre-test several times on TV and use the one they like between the 3 or 4 pre-test they pre-televise, so in a way it will be sort of random.

The lotteries running for years probably have tapes of every three 3 digit number being drawn and it's possible they could play which ever tape they wanted to get the desired results. However with the 50% keep percentage it's really not necessary to cheat the players.

While each individual drawing is a random event, the resu... [ More ]

Reply #51

pumpi76 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:51:08 GMT

i don't believe lotteries are random, i think they are 50% random...

This is what i think....I think the lotteries like if they knew u was a super good predictor and you predicted the numbers, and let's say they come out, what i think the lottery will do is conduct more than the normal pre-test, somehow they use the pre-test drawings....Like they will record the pre-test several times on TV and use the one they like between the 3 or 4 pre-test they pre-televise, so in a way it will be sort of... [ More ]

Reply #50

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Reply #49

BobP — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:15:47 GMT

Gambling is not a sin. However, the ill effects it can have on you and your family can be a sin if you allow them to happen. Not being able to pay the rent or buy proper food or give to the church because of gambling is the sin.

Random can have patterns. For example a stream with rapids might appear to be total chaos, yet perfect whorl-pools may form and exist for a time before dissolving into chaos once again. What the lottery tries to do is toss big rocks into the area to disrupt the who... [ More ]

Reply #48

LotteryTechInc — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:05:47 GMT

I have a question??? I thought christians weren't allowed too gamble because gambling is considered a sin??? (even though the BIBLE does not mention anything about gambling being a sin)I was just curious (back too the sibject at hand)A member in here said that because quick-picks win most of the time the lottery is random well the reason quick-picks win the most is because that's what players use most of the time they play.More people buy quick-picks compared with people that play lucky numbers,... [ More ]

Reply #47

MysteryMan424 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:40:44 GMT

Whether a combo repeats or doesn't or whatever pattern they display doesn't justify randomness. I think you're confusing randomness with shenanigans. I think that you think that because of the specific random pattern you are observing you feel that the lottery is somehow manipulating the drawings, and the results are not the random results you expect.

Reply #46

KY Floyd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:00:26 GMT

It's not that they're using a different database, and it has nothing to do with midday vs evening drawings (that's apparent from their data and their statement about numbers repeating in the very next drawing ). They're apparently using a concept of repeat that comes from an alternate reality where an event that happens on Monday can be a repeat of something that happens on the following Tuesday. Pay attention to the results that they count as repeats:

2/28/2009 M 6 6 7

2/28/2009 E 0 9... [ More ]

Reply #45

BobP — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:50:57 GMT

Arrrgh it is 180, stupid brain. BobP

Reply #44

BobP — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:28:20 GMT

I see 508 midday on 09/29/2008 that's roughly 150 days ago, with 45 possible pairs that's really only about 3 misses, not a huge amount.

Some state you can call or contact the lottery to find out how daily number draws are conducted. You can also check here . . .

https://www.lotterypost.com/lottery-report-card.asp

IMHO if the midday and evening draws are conducted the same way, you follow them that way. If the midday draw is computer and the evening a balldrop you follow midday t... [ More ]

Reply #43

tungsten chef — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:19:06 GMT

not random. programmed. especially 2 draws a day states. isn't it funny how you'll be looking for something to pop in the day when it always comes out in the evening or vice versa. sure they might use different machines for the draws, but donuts to dollars they are linked somehow.

why does pair 80 keep coming up in virginia evening, but hasn't shown in almost 180 days in the midday draw?? right, it's all random.

Reply #42

Jack-C — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:45:14 GMT

Thank you. I'm also glad that is all over and straightened out.

Reply #41

DeeSpence — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:40:57 GMT

Yes Jack! I apologize for calling you a liar. I realized as I was doing the highlights that apparently it was just either an error in the way I explained it or how you were reading it. Either way, Im glad it's over, and yes you are right. I study every single drawing from Midday to Evening.

Reply #40

Jack-C — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:22:39 GMT

The red highlighted show repeats where there was not a repeat in what I listed. That is obvious. So, the real problem is that you must be using a different data base. I maintain my own databases and I do them Midday to Midday and Evening to Evening. I think you don't and that explains the difference.

I call it an honest mistake on my part. I am sorry for the confusion and that you jumped to the quick conclusion that I had some agenda and was lying. I wasn't.

I will try to see how I can u... [ More ]

Reply #39

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:30:33 GMT

Well Jack-C you are a liar. LOL, and you keep proving my point. Where are your dates for the above drawings. Even still you forgot a few. I will highlight those in a different color and ensure that everyone can SEE the ones you clearly omitted, or you don't understand this pattern.

891 The number 8 Repeats

834 The number 8 Repeats

718 The numbers 7, 8 Repeats

703 The number 7 Repeats

175 the numbers 5, 7 Repeat

599 the number 5 Repeats

285 The number 5 Repe... [ More ]

Reply #38

Jack-C — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:04:41 GMT

I don't like being called a liar. I will show you the Georgia Midday (that is what I said I used because you are in Georgia) draws that I used. I think I may have miscounted. I think it is 58 repeats. Not a lie...a mistake. BTW, I don't use quick picks, and how do you figure it makes the odds greater for you? LOL

891

834

718

703

175

599

285

900

554

995

119

505

878

927

080

913

012

004

977

464... [ More ]

Reply #37

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:40:31 GMT

Jack I hate to argue, but love a good debate. And you opened up the door for one. I am trying to figure out which state's lottery you studied. Because I studied YOURS. California's right??? I choose your Daily 3 and checked your past midday and evening drawings. For the sake of avoiding an extremely long post, I am displaying the 48 drawings I studied. Rougly a month.

Draw Date Winning Numbers REPEATS

2/28/2009 M 6 6 7

2/28/2009 E 0 9 9 9

3/1/2009 M 9 4 7 9

3/1/2009 E 5 5... [ More ]

Reply #36

Jack-C — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:02:40 GMT

DeeSpence, I know you are convinced that the draws are not random and nothing I say will change your mind, but I just wanted to point out that I just looked at the last 100 draws (didn't include today's) for Georgia Midday. Out of the 100 draws 55 had at least one repeat digit. That is 55% not 80%.

You point out that you won't argue, just keep banking the money, so I assume you have found the secret to the non-randomness of the lottery. Congratulations and all the best to you. I mean it. I al... [ More ]

Reply #35

RJOh — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:59:48 GMT

Tennessee uses computers to simulate random drawings so they have to define random. When you define random, it can be anything you want it to be.

Reply #34

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:42:19 GMT

Actually, that isn't so true. I study a number of lotteries, and in between TN, GA, FL, IL, CA, AZ, MI, and MO. TN has by far the most doubles and triples in their Pick 3 then I see in almost all other lotteries combined. It definitely makes me wonder if they didn't really do something after people complained. I did wonder why they appeared to have a lot more than other states. But I haven't studied all the states so not really sure if there are any others like them.

Reply #33

billybouy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:41:26 GMT

This member must be on the same wave length as myself, or do you get random frequencies also, anyone no, I expect you do if someone can't break the code.

Reply #32

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:38:08 GMT

Interesting way to look at it. I guess I never thought of it that way.

Reply #31

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:36:59 GMT

I figured I would get something like this. I think its funny. I don't argue, I just keep banking my bucks. But I can tell what your statement doesn't explain. How often and how many times does a number skip before it hits. For example the number 1 could skip two drawings and hit 120 times and the number 3 could skip two drawings and hit only 46 times. This is something your above statment can't explain. If you had the number 1 and the number 3 out 2 games, which one would you play??

Oh m... [ More ]

Reply #30

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:31:04 GMT

Wow! Well said.

Reply #29

Jack-C — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:25:59 GMT

There are 220 pick 3 boxed combos. Only 10 are all odd. Only 10 are all even. Only 10 are series, etc., etc., etc.

The things you are pointing out actually PROVE that the draws are random

Reply #28

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:25:48 GMT

That's funny! I thought about this once before too. Who knows

Reply #27

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:24:33 GMT

I just can't bother with this one. You win. LOL

Reply #26

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:22:41 GMT

Hmm

Reply #25

DeeSpence — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:22:07 GMT

I wanted to believe this too until I actually did start studying. Certain things occur that simply can't be random. Like for example, study any lottery you want to, and you will find that a number repeats from the very last drawing at least 65% of the time. 80% or better in Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. Or the fact that the numbers come up in a 3/2 or 2/3 combination of high and low numbers or odd and even numbers. Rarely do you every have all low numbers or all high numbers. Even more rare is all od... [ More ]

Reply #24

marlon39 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:56:35 GMT

Absolutely. I believe lotteries are random.

Reply #23

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:25:30 GMT

I think ball drawings are random if there is no cheating going on. I also think there are many RNG's out there that aren't so random.

Reply #22

Newb — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:20:07 GMT

It's possible to predict with some degree of accuracy a future random event. Its possible to look at past events to know what will happen in the future. So I dont think any lottery can be totally random.

Reply #21

diamondpalace — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:35:08 GMT

Yes, if not we would all be jackpot winners.

Reply #20

billybouy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:32:05 GMT

Hi everyone do it like this and then tell me there is not a pattern go through any Lotto and mark the lines that don't have the winning numbers in them and then display them and you will see the pattern appear in empty cells time and time again, try it and then tell me there is not different patterns, the different patterns are formed with the selection of lines that do not contain the answer and the answer is in the empty cells all the time, so no it is not random.

Good Luck to everyone in t... [ More ]

Reply #19

SmoothJuice — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:22:45 GMT

I believe it's totally random. It's hard to win the lottery.

Just think about it, the Dodger's baseball stadium holds about 45,000 people. That's alot!! Most lotteries have chances over 1 in 1,000,000

Reply #18

RJOh — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:27:33 GMT

That was my point, if the lottery was doing pre-draw testings to make sure any combinations could come up, they should have noticed there were no doubles since normally doubles would be 25% of pick3 combinations picked randomly. They checked to see if the computers worked and weren't concerned about the patterns of the numbers. I'm sure some players were smart enough to try and take advantage while the situation existed but other players continued to play doubles even though they suspected they... [ More ]

Reply #17

four4me — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:41:56 GMT

A pattern is something that can be picked up and used over and over again while there might be minuet patterns they are always changing where the lottery draws are concerned. So there more like occurrences because they don't always happen.

Reply #16

BobP — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:20:41 GMT

I'm having trouble connecting the two trains of thought. Are you saying Tennessee players had their shot at easier predicting and complained about it instead? I doubt the winners taking advantage of no doubles were the ones complaining. As random means anything can happen within perameters, the Tenn Lottery didn't react quickly to the lack of doubles because it was randomly possible even if unlikely. BobP

Reply #15

billybouy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:16:10 GMT

No and I don't, there is to much of the same thing happening in my opinion, and display some of the patterns in my blogs, if you have a look if you like patterns you will see plenty there,which displays my thoughts on the Lotto.

Reply #14

CowboysFan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:48:32 GMT

I believe nothing in this world is truly random.

Reply #13

RJOh — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:16:18 GMT

That might be true for the big games like MegaMillions and PowerBall but when Tennessee installed their computers to simulate random drawings for their pick3 and pick4 games, they went unchecked and unchanged for a couple of weeks even though some of their players complained about no doubles being picked.

Reply #12

BobP — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:18:59 GMT

If the lottery used a single machine and ballset I believe we'd have a much better shot at predicting a reduced field for wheeling. The lottery's use of multiple machines and ballsets indicates to me they agree.

BobP

Sometimes I wake up grumpy, sometimes I let her sleep.

Reply #11

LANTERN — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:24:43 GMT

This is as right as we are going to get on this, that is also what I say.

Reply #10

Raven62 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:16:21 GMT

So, what's up with the word random? Why all the confusion? As with most words, over use and misuse of the word tends to dilute its meaning. Over the years, scientists, mathematicians and engineers have misused the word random by automatically applying it to any observation or analysis that was too complex to describe with simple mathematical formulas. In almost knee jerk fashion, anything they didn't understand and couldn't explain must be random.

Over the last forty years, state sponsored... [ More ]

Reply #9

dopey7719 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:08:18 GMT

I totally agree

Reply #8

justxploring — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:00:43 GMT

Yes no. Everything we are is the result of being in a certain place at a certain time. Have you ever seen a car accident ahead of you and wondered What if I had left 1 minute earlier? What if I had been traveling 5 miles an hour faster? So, no matter how carefully calculated something is, it can be altered by only a fraction of a second by a random, unplanned event (like a sneeze or hesitation) and randomness can be manipulated by a planned sequence of events.

I'm not sure exacty what I said,... [ More ]

Reply #7

ICNUMBERS — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:51:58 GMT

, I often have this in mind but what I do know is that the Lottery is a business like no other and their is nothing random about business and that's square biz.

Reply #6

Jack-C — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:21:34 GMT

Random is a term that is used in mathematics and cryptography. The definition (paraphrased) is that you can not determine the next number with any high degree of accuracy by looking at the previous numbers.

All of us here on LP have found that to be TRUE of the numbers used for lotto.

In cryptography the random numbers are used to make a message unreadable by someone that does not know the sequence of numbers used. Crypto experts will tell you that the quality of the randomness is determi... [ More ]

Reply #5

benmas — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:53:02 GMT

yes they are random...its simply too many combinations by design...no need to do anything additional after that..payouts and rules are set so that the lottery has edge no matter what

Reply #4

RJOh — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:32:17 GMT

I think most players believe lottery drawings are random but some think even random events have patterns of behavior or else there wouldn't be those players using a system or workouts to pick their numbers. Everyone would just buy quick-picks or play their lucky numbers rather than trying to find those over due and hot numbers to play.

Reply #3

tnlottodreamer — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:00:53 GMT

Sometimes I think That the hour end between the cut off and the drawing they run numbers and see what it looks like as far as how many winners payouts etc,I feel like it is controled some kind of way.

Too many people playing, not that many winners

Reply #2

MillionsWanted — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:56:06 GMT

Since quick picks wins most of the time, yes it is random. If it wasn't I would make a profit.

Reply #1

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Do you Believe Lotteries are Random?

DeeSpence — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:50:03 GMT

Of course I don't, but I wanted to hear your thoughts on it. No, I don't think there is some man pulling a magic lever to decide what magic balls are pushed through. But I do believe when dealing with numbers they form undeniable patterns.

What are your thoughts and why