Quick Picks

Reply #16

Wintariofan — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:38:58 GMT

lol COINTOSS...that's cleaver poetry. The tough part about using real lottery balls in a dryer is you have to do it in one of those heavy duty laundromat ones. Use the simple home dryer, it dents and damages the drum. Now Cointoss, if we could throw in that yellow lottery ball suit you're wearing...we could have a bonus draw. lol

Reply #15

Amber88 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:51:12 GMT

Thanks for the link

Reply #14

stephi — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:33:02 GMT

Wintariofan said I have my own set of real lottery balls that I use. Seriously, they were given to me about 5 years ago from friends at OLG. Rarely, do I use them, since I don't have a $90,000 lottery machine and wouldn't want to ruin them. But , I have gone to the laundry room after hours in my building and done a draw in the huge dryers. Low heat cycles, don't want rubber burning. It was like the real thing. LOL :) I now use that one selection I picked for each Lotto 649 draw.... [ More ]

Reply #13

Coin Toss — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:32:12 GMT

Oh my numbers would hit so much oftener

if I could only get them to do the drawing with fabric softener

Reply #12

Todd — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:34:58 GMT

Whoever told you that was making up a wild story. Here is a good place to start reading: https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/152732/793050

Reply #11

Amber88 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:30:17 GMT

Thats too funny! I like quick picks myself. I heard once that computer generated quick picks are so accurate (or close) because they are drawn from the database history based on that state. So if your lottery has been around long enough to have say 20 or 30 years worth of history, then the quick pick is based on the trends over that period of time. Many, many times my QP's are two of the three numbers that come out either that draw or within a few draws. This is what I've heard, but it sort of m... [ More ]

Reply #10

justxploring — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:06:13 GMT

I invite 52 people over. We each wear a number and play musical chairs until only 6 people are left.

Reply #9

Wintariofan — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:54:59 GMT

I have my own set of real lottery balls that I use. Seriously, they were given to me about 5 years ago from friends at OLG. Rarely, do I use them, since I don't have a $90,000 lottery machine and wouldn't want to ruin them. But , I have gone to the laundry room after hours in my building and done a draw in the huge dryers. Low heat cycles, don't want rubber burning. It was like the real thing. LOL :) I now use that one selection I picked for each Lotto 649 draw.

Reply #8

tntea — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:28:11 GMT

I have a system I use on draw days...

During math, I have students to pick a number between 1-39 for lotto five. Of course I dont tell them it is for lotto 5.. I just have them to put a number at the top of the paper ...

Then we chart the numbers on the board to see if we have any duliplicates..

Reply #7

Guru101 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:46:21 GMT

Switching stores isn't going to change anything. A quick pick is exactly that, a quick pick. If you really really want to increase your odds(by a lot too), learn C++ and make your own software. Visual Basic would be easier to learn, and you can improve your odds with it as well, but if you're looking to improve your odds by millions and millions, then you want code that will execute very fast. Some of my filters require so much speed, I had to convert my program to C++ because my VB program woul... [ More ]

Reply #6

stephi — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:25:14 GMT

thank you everyone. I get quick picks and I don't like the selections so I was thinking of picking out of a jar or maybe I should just switch stores.

Reply #5

Badger — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:00:42 GMT

You can pick 'em out of a jar, or use a deck of cards. As good as anything.

As to LP QPs, it so happens that for fun for the last two months, I had the LP RNG generate 150 QPs for me. Then, using only last-digit-sums (i.e. 24 and 14 are both 4 ) I took the first five of each sum, put them on a sheet. I just followed them in my state only. (wasn't betting them, just having fun) In February, for the month, it hit 12 boxes and 5 straights. I then did the same thing again for March. So far, a... [ More ]

Reply #4

OldSchoolPa — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:11:48 GMT

Well notwithstanding the statistical data, it is obvious from the recent winners of the record Mega Millions jackpot and the recent Powerball winners from Oregon, Iowa, Minnesota, Arizona, and Wisconsin that the state computer generated QPs is the way to go. From hence forth, I shall play 3 QPs for every own pick so as to increase my chances of winning the jackpot. What ratio do you play...

Reply #3

lottolaughs — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:51:24 GMT

Picking out of a jar. I've had some real doozies for quick picks before so I'd rather do that. And I have

Reply #2

Coin Toss — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:40:27 GMT

Dang, did it again, (must be a Freudian slip or something!) - that's 70-80% of winners, not sinners.

Reply #1

Coin Toss — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:16:13 GMT

On the Powerball website FAQ's they have a question about Quick Picks, and the answer is 70 -80% of all ticket sales are QP's, and 70-80% of sinners are QP's.

As it says on the site, See anything there? (or something like that).

Think about this- only a quick pick issued by the lottery with QP after the numbers is going to be cinsidered a quick pick - so if you have some other means you use to pick numbers, but fill those numbers in on a playslip, statistically, that is not a quick pick... [ More ]

Quick Picks

stephi — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:24:00 GMT

Just wondering what y'all think is the best choice and what y'all think of picking numbers out of a jar. And if anyone has tried LP picks and how do they do? Thank you.