Interesting comment re: Quick Picks

Reply #71

manofmany — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:24:46 GMT

Well I was feeling lucky and got 5 QP's this week. I didnt match one single number.

Reply #70

mylollipop — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:40:35 GMT

I think that statistically, over one half of all wins are quick picks.

Reply #69

Coin Toss — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:13:30 GMT

(An attempt to lighten things up a little in this thread):

In the Clint Eastwood classic Kelly's Heroes there's a scene where Oddball (Donald Southerland) tells Moriarity (Gavin Macleod), the tank driver to have beautiful thoughts about a bridge still being up, so ytheir tanks could get across it.

In the next scene, they're looking through binoculars and someone shouts, The bridge is still up! - and they all cheer.

Then, as they're still looking through the binos, an American plane co... [ More ]

Reply #68

rubberbandman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:27:48 GMT

I'm going to let that slide.

Everybody gets one.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/178298.html

Reply #67

time*treat — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:12:56 GMT

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/168590/3

...maybe a little bit.

Reply #66

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:07:55 GMT

I agree with you Guru.

Reply #65

Guru101 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:03:47 GMT

LOL I forgot to put care in my post. I changed it though. Just being optimistic. Actually, there have been many times in my life where if I remained extremely optimistic about something, and it went through the way I wanted. No reason it shouldn't work on something like winning the lottery. Of course, if I win the lottery, I'm not going to go around screaming that my system made me won the lottery, because I still have to rely on a lot of luck since my system uses elimination. However, I will st... [ More ]

Reply #64

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:56:59 GMT

Go back more then one post. Look at your posting history. Figure it out on your own. I'm not here to figure things out for you.

Reply #63

rubberbandman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:54:26 GMT

Read you previous post. Other members have mentioned this to you as well.

I've just read my previous post it's in the happiness forum in the news section and my comment is about working for money and twenty dollars, the person I was talking to hasnt responded yet, in fact I am the last person to speak on that forum as of now.

So I ask again, How do you figure

Reply #62

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:49:12 GMT

Good Attitude

Reply #61

Guru101 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:46:40 GMT

I don't care what anyone else says. I WILL win a jackpot

Reply #60

rubberbandman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:39:21 GMT

Of course, it just seems like you and the other person are having quite the stirred conversation judging by the comments you two have stated, I was just curious because when one makes such statements, they are in a heightened state of emotional aptitude.

Do you purposely make comments like this to bait people?

How do you figure

Reply #59

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:30:47 GMT

You do realize that this is a message board and one doesn't have to be online to be able to actually respond to them right? Do you purposley make comments like this to bait people

Reply #58

rubberbandman — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:11:47 GMT

The point you are trying to stress at this moment is not as effective when the person you are trying to talk to isn't online is it

Reply #57

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:09:53 GMT

if they dont post on this site then apprently they arent a part of thisforum here so dont contradict yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, you did tell me what to do by saying don't . So you might want to go back to school and get some learnings. Also look at my post above I did quote you, so you can stop your lies as well. Oh and go ahead and keep posting to me. You've already proven that you don't read other people's posts and you don't know what you're talking about. Go ahead and continue... [ More ]

Reply #56

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:05:04 GMT

I'm not going to argue with you because you aren't very bright and I am not going to waste my time. Listen and learn: YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT EVERY MEMBER HAS WON AND NOT WON. Do you understand? Can you grasp that through your head? My guess, probably not.

Reply #55

aaaok — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:00:02 GMT

i was just wondering if there are any states that participate in the pwerball or mega millions that didnt produce a winning jackpot yet. Just for the simple fact that 50,000 people would be only a small small city. more like a town, but anyway, thats just 1 part of the state not including the whole state, that has 50 times that and still no winner

Reply #54

aaaok — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:54:57 GMT

I never told you how to speak.

I never said anything about any LP member. I specifially said this forum.

So i am going to tell you to learn how to read before you try to quote someone!

I clearly made it a fact that noone sitting in this forum (post), which are all the people here arguaing about whether or not if they are going to hit a jackpot.

If you need to sit here and argue that you are going to hit a JP without already doing so, ill throw 1000 to your 1 that you NEVER DO

Reply #53

Coin Toss — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:41:34 GMT

psykomo

It's a 2003 publication date.

In fact, on p 53 the author stated that in the future a psykomo will give out disinformation about quick picks ....

J/K

Reply #52

BobP — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:16:57 GMT

BobP

Nonsense by Catlin. None of the Quick Picks make any attempt to checkwhat was previously issued before generating your tickets. ...

A little background info on Catlin, from the back cover of the book:

Don Catlin, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, knows his way around the numbers. He has worked for the government designing submarine guidance systems, he's been a consultant to the casino industry concerning game design and results, and he's a regular colunmnis... [ More ]

Reply #51

jarasan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:12:54 GMT

P.S.

I have a guaranteed hit for $300, $600, $1,200, file a tax return.

Reply #50

jarasan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:02:39 GMT

Do I have to start posting winning tickets again? Nah, research it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogKUx_q7ig

Reply #49

pacattack05 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:49:07 GMT

I love ya KYfloyd, i guess you're from Kentucky...lol

I had no choice but to make this happy parody.

That scary chick took the words out of my mouth.

The initial 50.714 integer was determined by factors of 5.3........

Combine the integers by the fractals. next...remove the variables X Y and Z...lol

The co-sine is only divisible by 17, then the asemetrical result will undooblabby be the lowest common Determinator....lol I'll be BACK

Reply #48

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:31:05 GMT

Don't tell me how I am allowed to speak or who I believe is a member. IMO, if someone signs up they are member. You want to believe that there has never been a big jackpot winner or there will never be one who is a member here, then go ahead. I know there has been and there will probably be one. Just because they don't announce it doesn't make it not true.

ETA: and KyFloyd, I deleted my post to you because it really isn't worth the bother. I state frankly that I disagree with you and rea... [ More ]

Reply #47

MaddMike51 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:23:47 GMT

1st.I'm not looking for sympathy from anyone...period.

2nd.Everyone knows people that get under their skin.This jerk gets under my skin.I think others on this board feel the same way,then again,maybe not.It really doesn't matter to me.

3rd.I never told him to quit coming around posting.He made that decision on his own.

Reply #46

pacattack05 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:03:38 GMT

By this response, I can only say that you're right. You don't have a chip on your shoulder. You have a boulder on your shoulder.

Hey, what can I say. I'm not in any position to tell people how to live their lives. All I know is that if my son was murdered, I would DEFINTELY have a huge chip. There are certain things in life that have an exception to the rule in my opinion. And this is one of them. Knowing this about your son changes everything. You could be the biggest A** H**E here,but it wo... [ More ]

Reply #45

psykomo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:43 GMT

CT:

??????....what year (did UR friend PUBLISH)

was it?....2003 ???????????????

DID he say he liked LOTTERY POST or followed PSYKOMO>>>>>

Quick-Pick's >(TRICK'S)

DON't MISS out with UR future ##############(PK'$)

LOL

PSYKOMO

Reply #44

MaddMike51 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:24:03 GMT

Theres no chip on my shoulder,Pac.I just refuse to be intimidated by people who have a different opinion than me.I'll argue forever with anyone,if I know in my heart that I'm right.If I'm wrong,I'll apologize.Then there are certain people that tend to get under my skin and I have tendency to be brutaly frank when I tell them that I don't like them.Thats just the way I've always been.

Reply #43

pacattack05 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:14:01 GMT

Sorry to hear about your son. But ever since you joined this site you've had a big chip on your shoulder, and now it's clear why.

Reply #42

psykomo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:12:04 GMT

CT:

Thank's for UR research an quote's.......>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

As any set of numbered is as likely to occur as any other set, so.....

there is no disavantage to playing this way...................???????????

QUESTION:

Did UR book talk about>>>>>>>>>>>QUICK-TRICK'$$$$$$$$$$$$

Did UR book talk about>>>>>>>>>>>PSYKO winning posting on

the LP with QUICK PICK's and suggesting U try-it while .......HOTTT

STATEMENT:

QUICK=PICK's <<<<<<<<<<<<RRRRRRR<<<<<<thing of PAST... [ More ]

Reply #41

pacattack05 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:10:47 GMT

Blanket statements like this come from people who think they have a monopoly on what truth is.

Systems might not work all the time, but depending on how well the system is put together, anything is possible.

Reply #40

MaddMike51 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:09:12 GMT

I don't hate you,I just don't like you.

I only hate one person in this world.That's the sonofabitch that murdered my son.

You,I just don't like.

Reply #39

Guru101 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:09:03 GMT

So you think the only way a system works is if it can spit out 1 set and win the jackpot every single time

Reply #38

tiggs95 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:06:17 GMT

We are dealing with ping pong balls..It's called dumb luck..No system works..

Reply #37

rubberbandman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:02:21 GMT

Seriously, We had like an entire conversation on some post a while ago, it seemed interesting and it was on a neutral-positive note, there was nothing negative about, but i didn't know you hated me man, that's different.

That was specifically to KY not you man, i thought we were cool, but it seems that we are not, thats ok i guess, i dont want it to get to that point, but we're there, and I cant really change your perception and emotions of me can I?

It's cool, I'm sure they are there... [ More ]

Reply #36

aaaok — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:50:48 GMT

There is never ever going to be any program or system that can predict the winning numbers 100% of the time. One thing you may notice that looks like it works doesnt mean that the same patteren is always and forever going to work. you may select 10 numbers and luckily hit 3 of them that doesnt mean your system works. it just means those numbers those numbers hit you. If anyone what so ever thinks they can always predict one number in a drawing out of 1 try then tell me that number so i can prove... [ More ]

Reply #35

MaddMike51 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:49:01 GMT

First off,I don't like you.

Now to your question:Last week on a thread called Why Play that was on the Scratchers forum,you asked me why I was attacking you.I explained that I didn't attack you,I was simply agreeing with someone elses post.

Today on a post (I forget which thread it was on or who you were talking to) you made the comment why are you hating on me .

I could find more examples if I was inclined to pursue this subject,which I'm not.

Reply #34

aaaok — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:43:46 GMT

Lottery is a game of LUCK, there is NO SKILL involved

Which makes it dumb luck

Reply #33

KY Floyd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:41:51 GMT

Of course you can find patterns, groupings, characteristics, or whatever you choose to call them. Most combinations will have a distribution that is similar to the distributions that allow the most combinations, but that's neither surprising, nor helpful. Similarly, finding some pattern from a selection of past drawings isn't useful unless the pattern is actually caused by something that prevents the results from being random. It's very hard to use the things you think you see to predict winning... [ More ]

Reply #32

rubberbandman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:38:44 GMT

What, no.

Reply #31

aaaok — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:36:52 GMT

if they dont post on this site then apprently they arent a part of this forum here so dont contradict yourself

Reply #30

KY Floyd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:29:30 GMT

Hi. I'm Floyd. Have we met

Reply #29

KY Floyd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:28:43 GMT

They have faith in probability. There may be 50,000 people who have visited LP at one time or another, but there are no where near that many that can be reasonably considered members as of now. A thread that is popular and sticks around for a while may get 2500 views , but that doesn't mean 2500 people have looked at it. Each time you look at a page of the thread it counts as a view, so a thread that shows 2500 views and is 10 pages long has been looked at by no more than 250 people, and that as... [ More ]

Reply #28

rubberbandman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:22:08 GMT

If you couldn't tell, I was using sarcasm

then crying that people are picking on you , When

Reply #27

KY Floyd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:45:14 GMT

I'm sure he knows plenty that most players don't know. That doesn't mean he knows anything that's beneficial to anyone who's already moderately knowledgeable. If QP generators make any effort to avoid duplication (the only readily available evidence says they attempt to generate combinations randomly) then it shouldn't matter when you buy the ticket. If you buy the very first ticket, the machines will attempt to not use your number for any subsequent tickets. If you buy the very last ticket the... [ More ]

Reply #26

KY Floyd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:43:36 GMT

Sure, it's rare to see combinations that start that high, but that's only because there are so few combinations that can be made from the few numbers available. What's much more rare is having the combination you played come out.

Reply #25

Guru101 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:37:47 GMT

Unfortunately, there is no way to determine which combinations are unlikely to be drawn.

100% of the time, no, but the majority of the time, yes. There are some things that go on more than 95% of the time when a new result comes out. I can understand how you don't believe me though because when you see lottery results for a Pick 6 game, the only thing you're looking at is 6 numbers that were randomly chosen. The thing is, there's more to it than that. Those 6 winning numbers as an entirety ha... [ More ]

Reply #24

MaddMike51 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:57:24 GMT

Well,since I'm not a big believer in systems,I'm pretty sure that yours isn't the one that will change the world forever ,to use your words.

However,my comment had to do with your habit of baiting people into an argument and then crying that people are picking on you.I was hoping that maybe you'd give us a break from that.

Reply #23

rubberbandman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:57:01 GMT

What are you talking about, if I don't win then that proves my system didn't work doesn't it.

Reply #22

MaddMike51 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:46:41 GMT

And if you don't win,what do we get out of it

Reply #21

jackpotismine — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:23:55 GMT

No one knows WHO will win a jackpot, in fact someone might win more than one time. If we felt we couldn't win, we wouldn't play.

Reply #20

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:00:31 GMT

And you know this how? There are over 50,000 members on this board and not all of them post. How do you know none of them havn't already won a jackpot or will in the future

Reply #19

time*treat — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:27:43 GMT

One way seems to be writing lottery books.

Reply #18

pacattack05 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:23:32 GMT

I don't think the terminals go to that much effort to check the millions of tickets, especially right before the drawing, to see whether a combo has been purchased already. There would be smoke coming out of those terminals....lol

The terminal I saw In california already had a list on the screen waiting to be printed out. I had a friend who worked at a liquor store that also sold lottery.

If what this guy is saying is true, then how do you explain the long time it takes for the officials t... [ More ]

Reply #17

Coin Toss — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:15:39 GMT

Reply #16

rubberbandman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:08:38 GMT

I will, just wait a couple of hours this 26 mill is mine, when somebody win you will know it was me, i've pefected a system that'll change the world forever, but with this great power comes great responsibility, I don't even know if I should be speakin of this online, so i'll cease it, if it works i'll tell you guys all about, I think, I don't really know any of you and i cant be telling you my secrets.

Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?

The same thing we do every night, Pink... [ More ]

Reply #15

aaaok — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:59:10 GMT

Did anyone ever hear about the person in california, on the day he/she went and took the test to become an american citizen, and passed then went and bought a lottery ticket and won a few million dollars?

If you are going to win a jackpot you were destined to do it from the moment u were born. Theres nothing much that you can do to change that. No matter what numbers you play, or how much u play will change the fact if your life was set to win the lottery or not.

Its exactly plain dumb luc... [ More ]

Reply #14

aaaok — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:48:15 GMT

Im sorry to say it but aint noone on this forum going to win the jackpot including ME

Reply #13

Coin Toss — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:43:44 GMT

OK rubberbandman, prove it then.

One ounce of did beats one ton of gonna .

Reply #12

rubberbandman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:34:37 GMT

Yeah, but as I said before there are ways to beat the system.

Reply #11

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:32:33 GMT

I know if I had bought a QP last night that started with 38, I would not have been too happy. Fact is, you just don't know what is going to play for any particular draw, even though it is very rare to see the numbers start that high.

Reply #10

rubberbandman — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:21:01 GMT

True, but any method reducing chances of losing have valid points. Because the chances overall are so vast (1/140000000+) there are ways to manipulate the system for your benefit, im not saying you can win, but there are people out there that have developed successfull methods of deduction and reap the benefits on a systematic basis.

Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?

The same thing we do every night, Pinky- try to take over the world.

Reply #9

KY Floyd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:23:58 GMT

If there was actually a useful method of eliminating combinations that were unlikely to be drawn, that would be a prediction formula. Unfortunately, there is no way to determine which combinations are unlikely to be drawn. It's easy to fool the gullible people, because you can pick any million unlikely combinations, and random probability means that none of them is likely to be drawn. The reality is that picking an unlikely combination and having it drawn is exactly as difficult as picking a lik... [ More ]

Reply #8

KY Floyd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:16:46 GMT

if that were true... ...all the QP's after yours will be different

Good catch. Here's a much better comment than the one from the book. Most books about winning the lottery don't offer much useful advice, but are almost certain to blow smoke up your ass.

Reply #7

BobP — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:03:53 GMT

Nonsense by Catlin. None of the Quick Picks make any attempt to check what was previously issued before generating your tickets.

First of all the Quick Picks are generated in the store machine. Think about how many Quick Pick tickets are being generated state wide simultaneously. Imagine if they had to wait their turn to check the state computer to grab the next combinations in line.

If the state did sell each combination in turn, there would always be a winner each time sales of Qu... [ More ]

Reply #6

Guru101 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:40:56 GMT

Actually, if you look at previous results, you will see that elimination of bad sets is possible for the next drawing, thus giving you a better chance of hitting the jackpot. Of course, what's considered a bad set depends on what factors you look at and what calculations you use. I see so many people here trying to use prediction formulas . There are no prediction formulas. Just look at the previous results and you will see how you can eliminate sets that aren't very likely to hit the jackpot, a... [ More ]

Reply #5

tiggs95 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:11:29 GMT

There is no set rule or system..It's just dumb luck..It's ping pong balls.......

Reply #4

JustFrozen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:23:30 GMT

it doesn't, the guy is just claiming that it lessens the chance of someone else having the same numbers, which means you wont have to split the prize. not sure if u were confused or just making a point

Reply #3

JWBlue — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:18:34 GMT

How does buying quick pick tickets closer to the drawing make it more likely to be a winning ticket

Reply #2

JustFrozen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:14:09 GMT

Most, if not all, of these quick-pick schemes are designed togive you a set of numbers that hasn't been played up to that point intime

if that were true then it most likely doesn't matter when you get your QP because all the QP's after yours will be different, and that accounts for the vast majority of the tickets sold. it basically takes all the QP's out of the equation and your left with the extremely small chance of someone else picking the same numbers as you, unless of course you d... [ More ]

Reply #1

Badger — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:46:24 GMT

p134

Most, if not all, of these quick-pick schemes are designed to give youa set of numbers that hasn't been played up to that point in time

That might be ideally but I'm prety sure it's not always the case.

There's no way of telling if its set up that way. In any case, IMO it depends more on the game. For instance we have a 6/39 daily game where the JP is $350,000 and it doesn't become parimutual unless there are more than 20 jackpot winners on the same day (which aint ever gonna hap... [ More ]

Interesting comment re: Quick Picks

Coin Toss — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:31:42 GMT

This is from:

The Lottery Book, The Truth Behind The Numbers

by Don Catlin

2003 Bonus Books, Chicago

Lucky numbers aren't so lucky when it comes to payoffs. Numbers such as 7, 11, and 13 get heave play, as do numbers such as 19 that are part of birth dates. What you want is a set of numbers no one else has. This way, if you do win, you'll be the only winner and won't have to split the prize. The best way to do this is to wait until the drawing time is near and then buy a quick pick... [ More ]