Quote: Originally posted by bobby623 on Apr 10, 2017
If I may offer an opinion, I think placing too much emphasis on ROI can take the fun out playing the lottery.
In my way of thinking, the only people who will win more than they lose are folks who win a couple of thousand playing a game like Texas Two-Step where the jackpot begins at $200,000 and rolls until won.
I've been trying to win that jackpot for a long time, with less than spectacular results. I will, of course, keep trying.
Some would say I should give it up because of the poor ROI but gambling is entertainment and I have a lot of free time and I only risk what I can afford to lose.
Regarding the daily number games.
I recently won $5,200 playing Texas Daily 4.
Even so, I've been in the lottery for 10+ years, so, my overall ROI is in the toilet, so to speak.
But, quitting is not an option.
I read with interest what people are saying about how to win in lottery.
In my opinion. 95% of it is mostly bull crap.
According to a recent post by BobP, there are two components to lottery play - mathematical and holistic.
Although the vast majority of players use a mathematical-based workout, and are losing lots of money, that are non-predictive. That is, despite what is being said over and over and over again, such workouts have no way of knowing the future.
"No man or machine can know in advance exactly what the NEXT winning combination will be."
The problem with mathematical models, in my opinion, is that use of such methods implies that there is some mathematical action occurring in the lottery drawing machines.
Players seem to forget that the machines have no memory.
Despite the fact that each drawing is a separate event having no connection with past or future drawings, many players use 'phantom mathematics' to guide their lottery play.
It seems that 'chance' and 'coincidence' is hardly ever considered.
The holistic approach is one where various data bases that identify and track various game features are used to guide lottery integer selections using the 'follower' concepts.
The various trend data follower lines or strings are analyzed to find the best answers to the multiple What's Next questions.
Yes, it's educated guesswork.
Again, the vast majority of lottery players who post their so-called winning methods analyze a game 'en masse' or the game as whole.
Analyzing the behavior of 37 balls in Texas Cash 5 game is a good example of the 'en masse' approach.
After many years of trial and error, I concluded that the 'en masse' approach is probably the worst method one can use.
There are just too many possibilities; too many false clues; too many dead-end pathways.
Here is some information regarding the 'holistic' method I use for all the games I play.
Texas Pick 3
There are four drawings per day.
The drawings are separate events.
I play the Saturday Evening drawing using a method I call Substitution Workout with Gap Strategy.
This method requires the game to be divided into 5 major components.
Game History
Alpha Doubles
Main A (digits 1, 2 and 3)
Main B (digits 4,5 and 6)
Main C (digits 7.8.9.0)
Each Main has a Rap Sheet where previous results are tracked.
The function of the Game History chart is to use the winning integers to break the game into trackable results known as Alpha and Numerical Signatures.
There are a fixed number of Alpha Doubles (Double A, B, C and R; Triple A, B, C, R; and four Singles (A, B, C, R)
A full Alpha Double explanation would require more time and effort that I care to use at this juncture.
Using only the game history for the Saturday Evening drawing, I've decided that the best Alpha Double is Double C.
There are four Numerical Signatures, and 10 Alpha Signatures for Double C.
I would use the Numerical Signatures to guide my integer selections for Box only plays.
With ROI in mind, I will use 4 of Alpha Signatures:
CCA (2 integers from Main C, 1 integer from Main A)
CCB (2 integers from Main C, 1 integer from Main B)
CCR (2 integers from Main C, integer Zero)
CAB (1 integer from Main C, 1 from Main A and 1 from Main B)
Using the tracking charts and follower strings in each Main, I have chosen the integers listed below.
CCA - 872
CCB - 875
CCR - 870
CAB - 825
I usually bet .50 cents Box and Exact on the doubles
I usually bet $1 both ways on the Single.
Total cost - $5.
I usually don't bet on double and triple integer combinations because there are no reliable clues on when they will arrive.
It goes without saying that I've not provided a full description of a substitution workout.
There are many interrelated follower lines that contain valuable clues that provide good answers to the What's Next questions.
All I will say is that none of the following methods apply.
No algorithms, no mathematical formulae, no probability, no percentages, no odds, no evens, no highs, no lows, no heads, no tails, no roots, no canals, no pairs, no triples, no vtracs, no statistical charts, no Excel, no complex software.
It all boils down to following specific rules of procedure to generate tracking charts that, in turn, provide rational follower strings.
I use my experience and intellect to find the clues that will guide the guesswork and provide winning integers - some of the time.
You can't ask for more than that.
Thanks for your attention and interest.