I splurged on lottery tickets today. I bought the Take5 promo and bought some Sweet Million lines too.
The three free lines for the Take5 promo look plain ugly to me, but what the hey, they were free.
Walking out of the store, I saw a Take5 ticket lying on he ground. I picked it up and saw that it was for last night's drawing. It was a one line loser. But as I looked at the numbers, I noticed they werent a QP, and the ticket was nicely balanced, and it looked like a line I'd play.
That made me realize that there are probably more players out there that do know what they're doing than I think there are. I was of the opinion that most players dont pick "smartly" because the people I know (that play regularly) buy a set of their favorite "lucky" numbers, or just go for the QP.
I like to think I play "smartly", but then I've never even had a four number hit. Since April of 2009 I've hit three numbers over twenty times, but never four numbers. I so I guess I should get down off my high horse and lower my opinion of myself with regard to picking Take5 numbers "smartly".
It aint easy to win a Take5 JP. And it aint easy to win a JP for any other online game either. I like Take5 and Sweet Million because in comparison to Lotto, Mega Millions and PowerBall, players have a better shot at a JP. But it's still tough to win one. They say patience is the key, so I'll just keep pluggin away at it, but I sure wouldnt mind a nice four bagger to pump up my enthusiasm.......