does wheeling really improve your odds??

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hypersoniq — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 21:18:05 GMT

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WILLSELL — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:31:00 GMT

No matter what method you use it's about decreasing the odds.The old saying money comes to money has a lot of truth when wheeling.

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RJOh — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:20:54 GMT

I would think if anyone was going to spend a $1000 playing the lottery, they would want to include all the numbers even if they perfered some more than others.RJOh

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Greg — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:38:02 GMT

Check out Gail Howard's Balanced Wheeling systems/concept in any of her books or at www.gailhoward.com.Wheeling does not select the numbers. A system does you do based on an analysis of the past drawings.Good luck to you.

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smithy — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 03:13:58 GMT

you still have the same chance of winning any one division as a full system ticket except you don't have to pay the full pricethe advantage of having a full system is that you are playing EVERY combination of a set of numbers. WHEN you win, you win SEVERAL prizesin wheeling systems, you have a better chance of winning any SINGLE division (because of the better spread of numbers) than a full system ticketi play both types to have the best of both worldswell, that's my theory and i'm sticking to... [ More ]

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dvdiva — Sun, 05 Oct 2003 23:29:59 GMT

1000 would be alot to play on a wheel more than i've ever spent on any one drawing. but i do agree that excluding numbers can definately result in a decrease in your odds of a jackpot win. same with covering all the powerball/mega numbers with the same set of white balls vs playing a larger number of white combinations on only 1-3 powerball/mega numbers. if your powerball choice comes up then having a large number of white ball combo's really increase your odds of winning but if it doesnt then y... [ More ]

does wheeling really improve your odds??

luckyhorse — Sun, 05 Oct 2003 22:27:50 GMT

often i have considered wheeling systems to actually hinder your chances of winning the jackpot for example one could play a 40 number wheel lets say for example and the cost is $1000 now it takes just 1 of those left over 9 numbers to not be in your wheel of 40 in which case leaves 1000 combinations without a chance at a jackpot win! if you were to play 1000 quickpicks every combination has a chance of becoming a jackpot winning ticket no matter what numbers are drawn! in conclusion of this i