I posted this topic before under the Lottery Discussion section of this site. I received a lot of views, but not one post. I've been slightly hinting on, since being on this site, my ideas of the lottery being a mathematical game. The reason I say hint is because, when mentioning it once, I was shot down by one saying that the lottery was not a game of math, but of probability and randomness (or something along that line - as best that I can remember). I applaud Todd for bringing this topic to the site. It's been long awaited and much needed. To be quite honest, my visits here had began to decline because of the wishy-washy, most times boring, things being discussed. I hope that there will be more interests in this section so that we can all figure out these games and win ourselves some money.
Okay. On to the subject at hand. I've found a site that features a "Game Solver". The game solver is an algorithm used to solve zero sum games. It is believed that the lottery is indeed that kind of game. In my own words, a zero sum game is a game in which what one person wins another loses. Sounds simple, but it can get kind of complicated. Please take a look at the solver and tell me your thoughts. I've been working with it for a little while, but haven't yet been able to use it in picking numbers.
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/Games/zerosum.htm
If anyone has noticed and/or have followed my posts, they can tell you that I'm a big fan of the movie A Beautiful Mind. If you haven't seen it, please go out and get it today. It's the story of one of the world's greatest mathematician's Mr. John Nash. Mr. Nash, in his senior years now, is still teaching math at Princeton University. His papers on Game Theory and Equilibrium are astounding, at best.
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