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What's your go-to method for choosing numbers on jackpot draw games?

Quick picks — let the machine decide

[ 24 ]

[ 27.3% ]

Frequency charts (hot & cold numbers)

[ 10 ]

[ 11.4% ]

Lottery wheels

[ 5 ]

[ 5.7% ]

Birthdays / dates / personal numbers

[ 7 ]

[ 7.9% ]

Pure gut, different every time

[ 6 ]

[ 6.8% ]

A paid system or software

[ 5 ]

[ 5.7% ]

My own spreadsheet / homemade system

[ 20 ]

[ 22.7% ]

AI / machine-learning models

[ 4 ]

[ 4.6% ]

Same set every single draw, no matter what

[ 7 ]

[ 7.9% ]

Total valid votes

[ 88 ]

Discarded votes

[ 8 ]

NumberCruncher2

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Jun 22, 2026, 10:22 am

Curious how this crowd actually does it, since there's clearly every school of thought here. I'll admit I bounce between a couple of these depending on the game and my mood — frequency charts when I'm feeling analytical, straight quick picks when I'm not.

No wrong answer and no judgment on any of them. Mostly just want to see where the regulars land. If you've got a method that doesn't fit the options, drop it in the comments — and if you've ever switched from one approach to another, I'm curious what made you change.
Coin Toss

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Jun 22, 2026, 10:35 am

The serial numbers of the bills I use to pay for the tickets or license plate numbers.
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Jun 22, 2026, 11:24 am

If I told you, you would disappear.

Never Forget.
Stat$talker

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Jun 22, 2026, 11:44 am

Quote: Originally posted by NumberCruncher2 on Jun 22, 2026
Curious how this crowd actually does it, since there's clearly every school of thought here. I'll admit I bounce between a couple of these depending on the game and my mood — frequency charts when I'm feeling analytical, straight quick picks when I'm not.

No wrong answer and no judgment on any of them. Mostly just want to see where the regulars land. If you've got a method that doesn't fit the options, drop it in the comments — and if you've ever switched from one approach to another, I'm curious what made you change.

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Whyy we all pick our Numberz ,.. Numerically
rcbbuckeye

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Jun 22, 2026, 12:52 pm

Sometimes QP, but I also have pennies that I numbered that I draw from a cup at random sometimes.

And sometimes I use LP's random number generator.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
NumberCruncher2

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Jun 22, 2026, 1:11 pm

Maybe new here, but not to the game.
Tucker Black

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Jun 22, 2026, 3:32 pm

Quote: Originally posted by NumberCruncher2 on Jun 22, 2026
Maybe new here, but not to the game.

Stat$ is just jealous that you know how to spell.
KY Floyd

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Jun 22, 2026, 4:42 pm

When I first started playing I used street numbers from places I'd lived. IIRC, all but one were birthday numbers. I think NY lotto only had 40 numbers at the time so it didn't matter much that most of my numbers were ones other people might play more often. At some point after that I switched to a combination of numbers that I figured most people wouldn't choose, hoping to increase my chance of being a sole winner. Then they introduced quick picks, so 70 to 80% of players no longer have numbers they wouldn't choose.
rcbbuckeye

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Jun 22, 2026, 5:26 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Tucker Black on Jun 22, 2026
Stat$ is just jealous that you know how to spell.

JUST LOOK AT THE ODDS OF ANY JACKPOT GAME, THAT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Stat$talker

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Jun 22, 2026, 5:47 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Tucker Black on Jun 22, 2026
Stat$ is just jealous that you know how to spell.

Tucker Black iz obviously jealous, that he cain't sphell dem numbaz, like Ole Stat$ ..can . Baad

Black 🪄 Magic cain't stand against the Divine So ,

" Git on da Good Foot " ( - James Brown )

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Elizabeth03

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Jun 22, 2026, 8:28 pm

from the quick picks generator here. And random.org.
LottoBux

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Jun 23, 2026, 9:38 am

Quote: Originally posted by Elizabeth03 on Jun 22, 2026
from the quick picks generator here. And random.org.

Same meaning quick picks.

With the odds as high as they are, it's the way to go.

And probably most of the winning combinations are qp's

As for the other daily games, any combination of the other options would do.
Elizabeth03

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Jun 23, 2026, 2:51 pm

I play Atlantic 49. In Nova Scotia, Canada. It costs $1.00 to buy a ticket.
Player649

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Jun 23, 2026, 2:55 pm

Quote: Originally posted by NumberCruncher2 on Jun 22, 2026
Curious how this crowd actually does it, since there's clearly every school of thought here. I'll admit I bounce between a couple of these depending on the game and my mood — frequency charts when I'm feeling analytical, straight quick picks when I'm not.

No wrong answer and no judgment on any of them. Mostly just want to see where the regulars land. If you've got a method that doesn't fit the options, drop it in the comments — and if you've ever switched from one approach to another, I'm curious what made you change.

Always played systems based on own software.
Never played QPs.
Played several different selection methodologies, in the sequence below.
Each methodology has its own specific analytics.

1. Numbers - combined into small groups.
Statistics used: frequencies, skips, repetitions, delays and similars.

2. Digits in numbers - FDs & BDs analyzed and recombined into much larger number groups.
Statistics used: frequencies and trends.

3. Wheels - custom made wheels that use all lottery numbers each.
Statistics used: wheel testing.

4. Combinations - patterns between whole combinations.
Statistics used: large scale combination comparisons.

The driving force for all switches is search for maximum ROI.
Each consecutive methodology in the sequence provides better ROI.

Watch what you are playing and how.
Stat$talker

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Jun 24, 2026, 11:03 am

Quote: Originally posted by Player649 on Jun 23, 2026
Always played systems based on own software.
Never played QPs.
Played several different selection methodologies, in the sequence below.
Each methodology has its own specific analytics.

1. Numbers - combined into small groups.
Statistics used: frequencies, skips, repetitions, delays and similars.

2. Digits in numbers - FDs & BDs analyzed and recombined into much larger number groups.
Statistics used: frequencies and trends.

3. Wheels - custom made wheels that use all lottery numbers each.
Statistics used: wheel testing.

4. Combinations - patterns between whole combinations.
Statistics used: large scale combination comparisons.

The driving force for all switches is search for maximum ROI.
Each consecutive methodology in the sequence provides better ROI.

"Played several different selection methodologies, in the sequence below."

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But Noo physical bowl, showing, YOU actually ate ..

MASHED POTATOEZ

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Post dem lottery ticketz

-Stat$talker

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