This isnt suppossed to happen

Reply #11

BobP — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:35:33 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on March 9, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by BobP on March 9, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Coin Toss on March 8, 2006 Or so say the experts

Illinois Lotto 3-8-06

06-33-41-42-43-44

Don't ever play four numbers in sequence or so say those who write lottery books.

Four sequential numbers are drawn roughly 2% of the time, so the advice not to make up tickets with 4 or more consecutive numbers is sound. It all comes down to how often you wa... [ More ]

Reply #10

RJOh — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:25:43 GMT

BobP,

The Ohio Buckeye5 game ended in October 2004 after almost an eleven years run. During its run only 0.6% of the possible combinations were ever drawn so how does avoiding 2% of the possible combinations improves ones chances of winning? The numbers 01 02 03 04 05 and 06 in a pick6 has never come up all together, but in most cases they have done as well as any other set of numbers that has never won the big prize when you compare small wins. These are just MegaMillions results.

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Reply #9

Badger — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:23:35 GMT

They also say never bet two numbers ending in the same digit on the same draw . As per your example, it shows again that they don't know what they are talking about. Even three numbers ending in the same digit will show often enough. Throw out most of what the experts who write the books say. I've seen too much proof that they don't have a clue.

I guess if they did, they would have won the lottery by now and not have to write books to make their money.

Reply #8

barbos — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:31:28 GMT

Just look at here

Here

two winners in computerized draw. Isn't it beautiful

Reply #7

truecritic — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:12:39 GMT

Coin Toss

One day someone will see these numbers too:

1 2 3 4 5 6

LOL

I think what RJ is saying is this...if you think all birthday numbers are going to come out winning, who cares if the jackpot is shared. Why pass up the once in your lifetime that you will win it

Reply #6

Coin Toss — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:32:30 GMT

RJOH

There's a diference between saying never play birthday numbers and never play all birthday numbers. Theorhetically, if you hit and all the numbers were under 31 there's less chance of that being a solo hit.

Reply #5

BobP — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:28:25 GMT

Four sequential numbers are drawn roughly 2% of the time, so the advice not to make up tickets with 4 or more consecutive numbers is sound. It all comes down to how often you want a chance to win vs. how good a chance you want of winning when it comes around. If you are willing to wait out 50 draws for a chance to play all sets of 4 consecutive numbers plus all the remaining number pairs, that could be an effective jackpot strategy if only 4 consecutive numbers could be counted on to appear on... [ More ]

Reply #4

four4me — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:44:54 GMT

read and weep i think 16 people had this that night. Wed, Oct 20, 2004 Maryland Bonus Match 5 ---- 33-34-35-36-37, Bonus: 27

Reply #3

GuessWhat! — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:29:17 GMT

RJOh

you must have just modified your post.

something about dribble in a book and selling it...

I say that's where the REAL jackpot is

Reply #2

RJOh — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:21:07 GMT

Experts say there are a lot fewer combinations with 4-6 sequential numbers than there are combinations without them therefore the winning combinations are less likely to be one of them, they neglect to mention the chances of matching any combination is the same regardless of the numbers in it.

They also say never play birthday numbers because winners will likely have to share the jackpot, concluding it's better to win nothing than share a jackpot. Fact is most jackpots won with low numbers... [ More ]

Reply #1

Raven62 — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:58:29 GMT

What is an "expert" anyway?

A person who knows more and more about less and less

This isnt suppossed to happen

Coin Toss — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:38:45 GMT

Or so say the experts

Illinois Lotto 3-8-06

06-33-41-42-43-44

Don't ever play four numbers in sequence or so say those who write lottery books.