Last night's winning numbers:  10 - 14 - 18 - 22 - 29   Wild Card: Jack of Hearts

Of these 5 winning numbers, the ones in blue were the ones I felt strongest about.  In fact, I felt so strong about them that I kept marking them over and over again.

The whole point in choosing to have a blog here is to record how I'm doing with things, to track my progress.  I started playing Pick 5 lottery games 4 years ago.  I thought I would've snagged a nice jackpot by now, but that was just a bit naive.  I created charts to help me see number patterns, and I'm glad I did.  I would be lost without them.  But the other part of the process is learning to use my intuition.  Left Brain & Right Brain must learn to work together, that's what I always say.

So I didn't win anything large last night, but the good thing is, I am really learning to pay attention to my intuition.  If I feel a "pull" toward a certain number, or combination of numbers, I am learning to acknowledge that feeling -- yes, it is a FEELING -- to just GO WITH IT. 

Let the hand mark what it wants to mark on that playslip.  And then - hope those marks line up. 

Like those numbers in blue up there.  I played them all, quite a few times, but I did not have them lined up.  Perhaps it was just the shortness of time, trying to pull it all together after a long day at work... but this is something I really must work on, is checking to see that my "favorites" will be on the same line.

Another thing that gives me hope:  I'm getting 3-out-of-5 rather consistently.  It's been probably 6 months since I got 4-out-of-5, but to be able to get 3/5 consistently is a good sign, that my methods are working.  This would not be the case with quick-picks.

Ok... marching on to Saturday, August 4th.  JACKPOT $420,000.