Okay, pick 3 players, here is my method to effectively beating the odds at pick 3.

First some info:

This method is for BOX hits only.

We know that out of the 1000 possible combinations for pick 3 720 of them are singles (72%).

If you look at the results for your state you will see that over the long run singles are drawn pretty close to that percentage.  Here's the percentages of drawings for Texas over the last year that were singles:

day draw = 75.2%

night draw = 69.5%

Now, I pick 5 numbers and place them into this 10 line wheel:

This gives us every possible BOX combination for the five numbers I wheeled.  Now if a single is drawn, I have a 50% chance of having the correct numbers in the wheel (because I picked 5 of 10).

Now for the math:

If I play .50 per line that equals a $5 bet.  If I hit a BOX Texas pays me $40.  So, I only need to hit a BOX 1 out of every 8 draws to break even on my bet.  Since I have a 50% chance 72% of the time that works out to a 36% shot for each draw (slightly better than 1 in 3).  So, if I use this method over a long run, I "statistically" have a 1 in 3 shot of hitting a box and I only need to do it better than 1 in 8 to be profitable.

That's my method.  It may have been discussed previously on Lottery Post........I didn't wade through a bunch of searched posts to see.  You're not gonna get rich using this method, but it will effectively put the odds in your favor.  If you're a poker player (I LOVE POKER), it's equivalent to having good "pot odds".  Feel free to comment, or better yet, post your ideas on picking the 5 numbers to wheel.  Have fun and GOOD LUCK!

-Texas Madman

Hello Tex,

Thanks for sharing your method, sure wheeling give us a bit edge, now i have a different method wheeling 10 numbers to cover ALL:

this is my method iam testing now:

take any state and wheel all the 10 digits but in a set of pairs, like this:

01  - 23- 45-  67-  89

now these five pairs each wheeled with ALL

eg:01   012- 013 -014 -015- 016 -017- 018- 019 (8 wheels  excluding doubles and triples)

here excluding 010 and 011

so each pair wheeled 8 times= 5 pairs x 8 combinations=40

so i play 40 combinations at any state:

my statistics for one month for MARYLAND show that a pair combination  hits  minimum  1 ouf 8  plays. that  said  you break  even  if  you  hit one out of eight.

with some luck you hit two times out of 8 , so here is a small profit since you win 2 (2x40=80$) and lose 6 times . now the difference is  you must play ONLINE it pays the double 40$ for 0,25 and 80$ for 0,5$.

now here comes the question:

what is the best effective method to play consecutive pairs (23-45-etc)  or non consecutive pairs.

I have studied the results  for one month  MARYLAND  50 % came consecutive and 50% NON consecutive.

that#s my method to beat  pick  3, hope  to see your comments or any suggestions, may be BOB P CAN help us,

thanks all

Thanks for the info, lottomania.  I've been trying to get started playing online but it seems that I'm out of luck 'cause I'm in the good 'ole U.S.   No way to deposit money without a hefty fee.

This is a nice wheel, The key of any big win is to bet bigger on pick 3, so save your money, work this systems with other systems and you will get some nice wins,

May take 30 days before you set that series of bets, though,

pick a pair and play it!

50 ,57 good pairs,( WC)

37,38 sweet pair.(WC)

total of 4 pairs,

8XX for straights (WC)

RS 9 Due

There are many ways to wheel a group of numbers to play.
The more numbers in play, the greater number of sets one has to play to cover all the bases, so to speak.

What is missing here is the method used to select the 5 numbers to play.

Are you going to share your method(s)?

I usually select the five numbers randomly and then play them until they hit.  If I go five or six draws without a hit, I change them up.  If I have a gut feel for a number I will throw it in of course.

Wow....every once in a while you just get "tired" of "thinking" about what numbers to play. Tonight, I got a deck of cards and drew 5 "different" numbers to play (total of $10 investment when wheeled), and got a box hit!!! $70 profit gives me a little "wiggle room" to try this out a little more!!!