The "Holy Grail"

Reply #19

BobP — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 14:51:27 GMT

Simple 6/49 game, my strategy is to improve my odds in some draws in exchange for making it impossible to win a jackpot in the others.

My strategy example is to not include any of the winning numbers from the previous draw changing the game from 6/49 to 6/43. I will be correct roughly 45% of the time and when my strategy is working my odds drop from 1 in 13.9 million to 1 in 6 million.

When I am wrong and one or more of the numbers from the previous appear and because I am not playin... [ More ]

Reply #18

RJOh — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 19:11:03 GMT

If there was a Holy Grail for winning any lottery game finding one for the pick3 game would be the easiest since there are only one thousand possible combonations, that's probably why a correct pick pays half of what it cost to play all those combinations.

Reply #17

CARBOB — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:07:31 GMT

I was agreeing with his assessment about the lottery, not being random.

Reply #16

ScreamingMidget — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:59:38 GMT

Oh, I thought you understood what that meant, you said you agreed with the assessment. I tried looking at past results, couldn't quite see what he was saying lol. Yeah some digits repeat, but that was in all positions.

Reply #15

TheMeatman2005 — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:01:59 GMT

Odds....schmodds

Of course the odds are always against you. That's how the lotteries make their money.

One fact though is if you don't buy a ticket, you will never win. Gotta be in it, to win it!

Timing is everything! Look at the couple from TN that had a 1/3 share in the largest lottery jackpot. The wife called her husband to see if he was going to stop and buy tickets for the drawing. He wasn't going to because he didn't feel well. But, he does stop and buys only 4 tickets (1 to repre... [ More ]

Reply #14

dddwww — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 15:50:37 GMT

the odds can not change no matter what you do.

A strategy improves the odds in some draws balanced by making it impossible to win in others.

Two logically inconsistent statements

The second being factually incorrect

Describe a Powerball/Pick-3/... strategy that makes it impossible to win .

Reply #13

BobP — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 14:27:37 GMT

It's a closed number universe, the odds can not change no matter what you do.

A strategy improves the odds in some draws balanced by making it impossible to win in others.

You decide when to apply a strategy, the choices you make determine whether you win or lose.

BobP

Reply #12

Luminus — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:14:41 GMT

It is random. Period. It's just that humans have the ability to see patterns, even where there are none and thus these patterns can be followed. It's an illusion of non-randomness. For example, if you keep seeing Micky Mouse in cloud formations every other day, eventually you'll be able to guess that a Micky Mouse cloud will appear a day from now. It doesn't mean the cloud formations aren't random.

Reply #11

CARBOB — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 09:21:12 GMT

Haven't got a response yet, SM.

Reply #10

ScreamingMidget — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 08:15:52 GMT

I don't get it? Back digit, of the pair, or the 3rd digit in a Pick 3? Ones position? Can you give an example please.

Reply #9

dumbluck — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:33:32 GMT

Just for reference, per the NOAA, the chances of getting struck by lightning are approximately 1 in 1,190,000 (see www dot lightningsafety dot noaa dot gov slash odds.shtml - new member, can't post links)

Therefore, you are approximately 245 times more likely to be struck by lightning this year than winning the Powerball lottery if you purchase 1 ticket. Purchase 245 tickets this year, and your odds are about equal...

Reply #8

dddwww — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 21:52:22 GMT

I provided a way to absolutely win.

One of about every 12 million Powerball tickets will result in someone winning $1M before taxes, but it also leaves the other 12 million ticket buyers $2 poorer for a net loss to lottery players of $23million.

The lottery is not a way to make money, though 1 in every 12 million tickets do make someone a fair amount of money and one in every 292 million makes someone some very wealthy.

That is a fact, not an opinion.

Which isn't... [ More ]

Reply #7

CARBOB — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:17:04 GMT

IMHO the lottery is NOT random.....if it were ....why does a back digit (the ones position) repeat 100% of the time?

I agree with this assessment, can you go in to detail about the statement in red

Reply #6

SkyLine69 — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:55:25 GMT

All I can say is if it weren't for the lottery I wouldn't have been able to quit my job in 2010, spend more time with my family, take more vacations, have box seats at Cowboys stadium, buy new cars, building a new home and the best part of all of this is I cash OUT my 401k years ago and would NEVER invest in anyone other than myself (-: . IMHO your comment above is a your opinion. My comment is a fact

Reply #5

dddwww — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:33:12 GMT

I can absolutely tell you how to win, take the money you were going to put into lottery tickets in an index fund, in the bank or even under your mattress.

The lottery took in $2.6B since the last winner was drawn and paid out less than $1B. So I guess my other advice would be, if you want to make money off lottery tickets, you want to be running the lottery not buying the tickets.

But if you want to buy lottery tickets for fun and sport, go for it and have a blast. Dream big but don't bet... [ More ]

Reply #4

eddessaknight — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:59:54 GMT

Well done destinycreation.

WANTED BOTTOM LINE: don't tell us the odds just show us how to win!

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

- Lao Tzu

Fortes Fortuna Juvat

Eddessa_Knight w/Light

Reply #3

dddwww — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:58:37 GMT

You aren't missing anything, there is no strategy that overcomes the mathematics of probability theory

Other than rigging the game, but that is generally illegal.

Reply #2

SkyLine69 — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:57:57 GMT

I would have to agree with DC. Here's my logic and thoughts on random and odds. A short story but true. Using real names too lol

joe tells me yesterday he will never win the jackpot and the odds are in the millions. I said ya know Joe, your right and if you keep telling yourself that it becomes your reality Joe says your always lucky

i couldn't agree with a Joe more. Do I win often? You betcha. My odds are 50/50. When I buy a ticket I'm going to win or lose. It's as simple as that. Once y... [ More ]

Reply #1

destinycreation — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:26:42 GMT

I'm curious as to why people keep approaching choosing a consistent strategy from the perspective of what the Odds are, and what the number pool is from which a winning number could be drawn ???

In my opinion, it doesn't really matter what the Odds are !!! Worrying about the Odds creates a psychological barrier to winning !!!

Likewise, if you focus on the belief that the lottery is random, coupled with the belief that there is a large pool of numbers for both Pick 3 Pick 4 from which the... [ More ]

The "Holy Grail"

mitachoo — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:49:12 GMT

Hi everyone! I ve been a student of using mathematics-based Strategies to play the lottery for close to 10 years now. I ve tried a few and simulated many, but I ve never found what I consider to be the Holy Grail . At this point I m thinking that either I haven t stumbled onto it yet, or my expectations relative to the Holy Grail are not achievable.

The Holy Grail I refer to is this: identify a Strategy that hits at a rate significantly greater than that you would expect based on the numbe... [ More ]