BazookaJoe,
Thanks for help and advice. The information on this web sight overwhelms me, and I fell asleep at my computer last night reading all that I could. I enjoy the lottery and I participate for the enjoyment of winning something. Looking forward to the posting of winning numbers after a drawing makes me feel like a little kid again. Now that I am an adult, with some street smarts from trial and error growing up, I have faith/beleive in trying to figure out if there is a mathematical system to winning. That's part of the enjoyment I receive, too. It's part of the big dream we all have. I was taught in school and from my parents to look at a problem or goal, think about what I want, and plan a way to begin working towards getting it. Do you think, I am wrong for having hopes like that? I welcome your advice. You seem to have experiance in the lottery. The most I have ever won was $500. That was when the lottery first began in SC. It was during the first month the game was allowed to come into effect. Funny thing too, many people I worked with or friends I had were winning close to that amount, as well. It began to slow down. Now no one I know has much luck. Small awards every now and then. I looked on line and many winners in SC come from the upper part of the state. Which includes Columbia & surrounding areas up to Greenville, SC. I looked at (compared) the winners in the lower part of SC, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Florence etc. We don't seem to have as much luck as the upper part of the state. Especially the Charleston, SC area. This adds another thought for me to ponder. We have money in Charleston, is the upper part of the state lucky or spending more to participate? This includes scratch off tickets and drawings.
Thank-you, Bazooka Joe for your kind welcome and reply. I was an average student in school, and I write in my spare time. But, not for a living. I am just an average middle class girl, that enjoys the challenge of playing, and learning something new as I go a long. Please, share your opinions/thoughts, with me, or just how you feel about increasing odds of winning. Everyone will have their own ideas, and that is why I wanted to become a part of this large family, the family on this web sight. I know for a fact, there are people that continue to win something all the time. I helped a senior citizens group as the number caller for their Bingo Game. One lady would always win every week! She would win 2 or 3 times in the same day during the weekly bingo game. I honestly do not recall a game she played when she did not win at least one time. No one else had her luck. Everyone got to pick their own Bingo cards and she could hardly hear, or see very well. In her middle 80's. Everyone enjoyed playing "against" her and some even tryed to get her to select their Bingo cards for them. Our prizes were under $5, everyone enjoyed the game, and coming together to socialize and win as often, as she did. The prizes she won. she usually gave away or donated back as a prize to use again the next week. Maybe that was her ace in the hole? Sharing or giving something back? Another thought to ponder?
I'm the new kid (adult) on the block. Thanks for the welcome, and advice! "If I ever win the jack pot, I will look out for my mentor,can't promise how much, I will share my appreciation for the time you have taken to talk to me. "Warning, please don't think of me as a cheap skate if I only share a couple of thousand with you ok?" That is a joke we have here in the South. My first goal is to give back, I am partial to the Alzheimers association and research & children in need.