nothing wrong with going after a due digit - you know its coming and it narrows your numbers way down, you just have to accept losing along the way to your win, hopefully it comes really quick ... and hopefull you have the right number with that digit ... i usually wait til a number is 15-20 draws out before focusing on just one digit though ... same thing with a pair ... if you have good reason to play a pair, whether its a system you use shows it, or whether its due , or whatever good enough reason you have to know its coming... playing a pair is a very good idea, especially a double pair ... the thing with playing a pair is you cant cut corners because what happens is the one you didnt play is the one that hits ... so you have to cover yourself and play all 10 numbers , even if some are just box ... if you focus on one thing and stick to it ... thats how you win ... but there has to be a good reason your playing what your playing...
lets make an example ... 99 has not hit day draw in like 4 months... sounds like a good reason to me to play that pair for day draw til it hits .. you have a few options - you could wheel everyone for 15 dollars to win 250 - it has to not hit 16 days before you start losing money... if not playing at the store and playing it every 99 wheel every day draw it costs 7 dollars a drawing ... to win 225 ... so now you have 32 day drawings before you lose money... in my opinion i dont think either way your gonna lose money on it ... just my opinion... the other option is box most of them and play the ones you like best for a big hit... i have made alot of money on pairs and doubles that way.. play them all box , or wheel for a small amount .. and then go hard on the ones you like , making sure that when the hit comes you come out ahead no matter what happens... playing like this requires you accept that til the hit comes which could be 1 draw or lets say 10 draws from that point , you are gonna lose... but if you stick to your guns you can get paid off...
the problem with me and most players most times is we know something gonna hit, but then you think well this could hit too, or this could hit too ... so when you look at your tickets the numbers are all over the place .... my best advice is get a list of numbers , whether its a sum, a pair, a double, a vtrac combo... etc ... box all of them, go hard on the ones that seem most likely ... make sure when your hit comes you come out ahead, even if its not a big hit ...
@Greenback - we cant talk about playing lottery the other place you can play it besides at a physical location here on LP ... but its rare anybody playing at the store is making any consistent profit ... the other way allows you to play more numbers for the same amount spent, and larger payouts , and you can play multiple states... you'll have to look that up on your own ... lol
we all know someone, or even we ourselves may have cashed in big at the store before, but how few and far between does that happen, and how long does it take before your back nickel and diming and being one off everyday... not too long ..lol ... im not encouraging anyone to do anything , just venting my frustrations about having to play retail right now..
for anyone to win consistent, you must have a strategy, system, or something that works consistent for you , and stick to it.... and the budget to afford to see your plan through... I have to admit , i used to win way bigger when i had a simple pair system i used long ago before i was on LP... once i got here , i learned everything i could, and keep trying to learn more, and the less i win ... almost like i see "too many" possiblities when i try to figuer out what to play instead of keeping it simple and going after something and sticking to it ... but for anyone, no matter how good you are 5 to 10 dollars only goes so far in being able to cover what you need to , to make sure your not one off... cuz like i said , its rare that the one you like best that hits, its the one that you looked at on your list and said... ahh, well cant afford to play em all and it didnt make your final list of numbers to actually play, .... lol... or another thing , you know something coming and play it everyday, then start switching up, cutting numbers , etc ,and boom, you have to look at tickets with the winning number straight that are unfortunately from a day or 2 prior .. LOL ... ahh .. ok im done ..lol