Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Jul 18, 2014
You, are absolutely 100% correct! Think about it. What do most players, (myself included) usually do? We start off with a large group of numbers to play. Could be 50, 75, 100, doesn't matter. We all think to ourselves,"I don't want to play/spend that much". So what do we do? We start filtering down till we get the list down to within our budget. Could be 5, 10, 25 numbers. Doesn't matter. What we, (and I mean everyone) does, is we start making choices. I like this, I don't like that. Singles or doubles, evens or odds, high #s or low #s, which sum, which root sum, pairs or series, midday or evening and so on. Every single time we filter out something, we make a choice. The more choices we make on our play lists, the more chances we have of being wrong. IE, eliminating the winning number.
Think about it, how many times have you thought to yourself, "Oh, that's not gonna hit," and then it does. I did it today. My work out had 3201 as a box number. I thought, 4 digit series, no way. What was the number today? You guessed it. 0213. I made a choice. The wrong one. The question is, why didn't I just play it? Budget reasons? Odds? I like this, I don't like that. I think this will hit, I don't think that will hit. Yep. All of the above. And the bottom line is, I lost out on a $200 win.
Your first two sentences are so, so, true. This is something every lottery player should memorize. Players need to pick their numbers with a complete lack of emotion. No favorites, no pets. Yeah, that sounds cold I know. But how many times have you lost like I did today by picking on emotion? I like... I don't like. As basil19 said, when you come up with a good balanced system, the best thing to do is just play all of it. It may cost a little more, but it beats losing. Right? And in the long run you'll probably have more wins. As I said, the more choices you make, the better your chances of being wrong. So, make fewer choices and get those wins!