Interesting comment re: Quick Picks

True, but any method reducing chances of losing have valid points. Because the chances overall are so vast (1/140000000+) there are ways to manipulate the system for your benefit, im not saying you can win, but there are people out there that have developed successfull methods of deduction and reap the benefits on a systematic basis.

"Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky- try to take over the world."

I know if I had bought a QP last night that started with 38, I would not have been too happy. Fact is, you just don't know what is going to play for any particular draw, even though it is very rare to see the numbers start that high. 

Yeah, but as I said before there are ways to beat the system.

OK rubberbandman, prove it then.

One ounce of "did" beats one ton of "gonna". 

Im sorry to say it but aint noone on this forum going to win the jackpot including ME

Did anyone ever hear about the person in california, on the day he/she went and took the test to become an american citizen, and passed then went and bought a lottery ticket and won a few million dollars?

If you are going to win a jackpot you were destined to do it from the moment u were born. Theres nothing much that you can do to change that. No matter what numbers you play, or how much u play will change the fact if your life was set to win the lottery or not.

Its exactly plain dumb luck, if you pick your numbers its dumb luck that they actually came up

If you do a quick pick its still dumb luck that it hit.   

Its a lottery it means........a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.

The lottery isnt designed to make the player rich its designed to make the lottery rich. for every 320 million they pay to someone else i gurantee you they put another 500 million in their pockets.

I will, just wait a couple of hours this 26 mill is mine, when somebody win you will know it was me, i've pefected a system that'll change the world forever, but with this great power comes great responsibility, I don't even know if I should be speakin of this online, so i'll cease it, if it works i'll tell you guys all about, I think, I don't really know any of you and i cant be telling you my secrets.

"Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky- try to take over the world."

It's time to put this in action.

BobP

"Nonsense by Catlin.  None of the Quick Picks make any attempt to checkwhat was previously issued before generating your tickets. ..."

 A little background info on Catlin, from the back cover of the book:

Don Catlin, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, knows his way around the numbers. He has worked for the government designing submarine guidance systems, he's been a consultant to the casino industry concerning game design and results, and he's a regular colunmnist for scoblete.com. Don Catlin is also a player. He knows the thrills involved in challenging chance. 

Maybe he knows something we don't:

"...he's been a consultant to the casino industry concerning game design and results,"

And I have no doubt whatsoever that he or people like him are working for the lotteries.

I'm not sure that the lottery terminals spit out yet to be played combinations or not, but let's face it, the technology to do so exists.

I don't think the terminals go to that much effort to check the millions of tickets, especially right before the drawing, to see whether a combo has been purchased already. There would be smoke coming out of those terminals....lol

The terminal I saw In california already had a list on the screen waiting to be printed out. I had a friend who worked at a liquor store that also sold lottery.

If what this guy is saying is true, then how do you explain the long time it takes for the officials to find out the winner. If the computers were that fast, they'd know who was the winner instantly. ( that was years ago, I'm not sure if the techonology is faster now, so I'm probably wrong on this one...lol).

One way seems to be writing lottery books.