to win: is it dumb luck or does planning work

Reply #23

IPlay2times — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:59:46 GMT

Ive been playing the same numbers for a month now mind you they are sentimental numbers basically years of cars I own although I will not say what numbers They have been coming up I got every number so far but not in a row. My best was a few weeks ago I got 3 real numbers and meag I have a feeling my numbers are somewhere in the middle of the systems database anythought as to why there coming up so much although Im not complaining lol...

Reply #22

Tlot1234 — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:25:02 GMT

I am seeing a lot of great opinions and suggestions to my question but for me it is probably expressed best by the above statement. I have targeted the Indiana 5/36 game for several reasons and I have a results producing system I am testing to verify if I have facts or perceptions.

I am not sure how Indiana draws their numbers other by computer and I know numbers do not have any memory but, looking at my results, the method used by the lottery appears to have a memory of what came before. In

Reply #21

Kaptainess — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:29:21 GMT

Loads of study, watching, keeping track of your state and your states' ''cousins''; and having voices in your head that tells you to play or not to play a number. Sometimes the other side tell you not to play the number and it comes out, those voices are the ones that makes you wish you had your headset on. Okay, its one's six sense, not really strange voices, or are they

Reply #20

diamondpalace — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:56:19 GMT

It's luck + preparations.

Reply #19

BobP — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:38:10 GMT

There is a huge difference between those who provide the tools of the trade and useful lotto information to those willing to pay for a leg up and those trading on false hope.

It's like going into Sears to get tools and a manual to repair your car or buying a can of snake oil in the hope something you can pour will fix your car.

A basic understanding of the odds you are dealing with, wheels and filters, distributions of numbers are all necessary to produce combinations that have a bet... [ More ]

Reply #18

PERDUE — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:19:15 GMT

As far as I am concerned, a little homework never hurts. At least you have an idea what to expect in the next drawing and it helps refine your intuition when you play on paper.

Reply #17

guesser — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:59:01 GMT

I would not say dumb luck, I'd say smart luck.

Take the 59 white balls, split em in half.

Pick 3 numbers from 1-30, and 2 numbers from 31-59

and/or

Pick 2 numbers from 1-30, and 3 numbers from 31-59.

Of those, pick 2 numbers from any one group - such as from 1-10, pick 2 numbers, OR from 11-20 pick 2 numbers, and so on.

Reason being is usually one pair is hit.

Avoid picking most numbers from one half or the other, keep it 2/3 or 3/2.

After all that, it's still dumb luck t... [ More ]

Reply #16

GamerMom — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:26:43 GMT

If winning were anything more than dumb luck why would people need to generate $$$ by selling their systems and wheels? If it were that easy they would be rich from their lottow and not need to worry with the business of selling false hope .

Reply #15

BobP — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:57:13 GMT

Winning a jackpot doesn't have to be pure luck. You can put yourself into the zone where winners come from, or you can play in a way you can't win in 99 out of 100 draws.

Winning begins before buying the ticket. BobP

Reply #14

Coin Toss — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:14:35 GMT

SuperLottoPool

I don't get being in a pool of 2000 at all.

Tonight's MM is $220,000,000. Should you guys win, that comes to $110,000 each. Nice little score, but not really an instant retirement type of thing.

And that's figuring $220,000,000, not cash option (so it would be spread out over years), and not after taxes.

Even if you hit 5 + 0, the $250,000 would come to $125 each.

Just my opinion, but plasying a Pick 5 solo would be better than playing in such a large pool.... [ More ]

Reply #13

grandpajohn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:58:23 GMT

I think its a little of both.I mean yea you can track numbers but like most or all systems I have seen any where your come up with like 30 number now where the luck comes in is picking a few to play and HOPE to win.

Reply #12

marlon39 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:10:55 GMT

I believe both luck and tracking numbers work hand in hand.

Reply #11

Editgap — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:09:10 GMT

Powerball is even funnier now.

Think how there is no 5+0 winners after a drawing.

Imagine if you spent all that money and bought all the ticket for that drawing you would not win the jackpot.

Reply #10

Coin Toss — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:47:59 GMT

Since Tlot1234 didn't mention a specific game in the OP and we're talking everything from Pick 3 to MM PB, I'm going to say luck, in a way, double luck - read on.

I'll say for the Pick 5, Pick 6, and 5 + 1 games, not only is it luck, but there's also another dimension to it which is if you do hit, on that particular night, how many others also do?

Even on a Pick 5 game - I'll use Illinois' jackpot tonight, $545,000.......sweet jackpot for a Pick 5, but what if three or four other people hi... [ More ]

Reply #9

DC81 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:38:03 GMT

Absolutely luck for high odds games, I'll use MegaMillions since it's the only one I'm interested in. Maybe you might be able to win a couple bucks regularly by but if systems could be made to actually predict what numbers would drop then it would have been done years ago by people much smarter than anyone on this site. However, like what was already said, you can narrow it down but even if you could remove several million combinations or even 100 million of the combinations, the odds are still... [ More ]

Reply #8

ca-dreamin* — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:31:21 GMT

Call it whatever you want but after tracking numbers and watching patterns I can't even bring myself to buy a quick pick(for me

Reply #7

CowboysFan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:13:40 GMT

I would say luck but that doesn't mean you can't improve your odds by playing different systems. All it takes is one time to be lucky while playing your system and you're set for life.

Reply #6

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:27:41 GMT

Imo, whether you wheel, use software, pick your own numbers or use quick picks it all comes down to luck. Maybe not so much with Pick 3 or Pick 4 games, but when dealing with games that have a 100,000 or more combinations, then I think luck is the big factor.

Reply #5

unseen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:54:39 GMT

probability (which I learned in Finite Math eons ago) just like rolling die only the odds are much greater. Luck to me is throwing a basketball 90 feet and having it go in - but then again that could also be probability

Reply #4

MaddMike51 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:20:18 GMT

Dumb luck.

Reply #3

Editgap — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:27:07 GMT

I would say dumb luck.

From my experiences playing Jackpot games, if I had to do it all over again I would close my eyes and go with DUMB luck.

There are a million things against you while playing your own system. It is the myth of the unknown. One is picking a favored combinations.

In realty the combinations is insignificant among millions and I mean MILLIONS. snip incomprehesible millions of combinations.

Second is wheeling numbers. You never seem to get the right combinations no m... [ More ]

Reply #2

tiggs95 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:59:43 GMT

Winning is nothing but dumb luck in my opinion..Even if your so called system hits once in a while it's still dumb luck..Ping ball balls,you just can't handicap ping balls..

Reply #1

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:35:37 GMT

In my experience, certain numbers play more often than other numbers. And certain numbers play in certain positions more often than other positions and other numbers. For me, the challenge is finding the COMBINATION of the numbers playing at a certain time and position that will win. For Pick 3, 179 has played in the Tx midday draw 10 times, more often than any other combo. Tx evening draw it's 500 and 543, which played 13 times each. If I was playing P3, I would just ride those numbers.

It's... [ More ]

to win: is it dumb luck or does planning work

Tlot1234 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:50:06 GMT

I was wondering the opinions those who know the lottery games if winning is really just luck or does tracking numbers actual work? I have heard of Lucky's system and have yet to check it out.

I like to think that careful study can lead to winning results. I have not played very much due to a limited budget but studied the numbers from time to time with tools I developed. My studies have indicated the existance of number patterns over short and long periods of time which tells me the numbers a... [ More ]