You can win on the UK National Lottery

 

It is possible to beat the odds on the UK National Lottery and win.

 

We've heard of people hitting the jackpot in slots after all.

 

This site will help you increase your chances of selecting six numbers that could be drawn by analysing the results.

 

First, see the top left panel. The odds are very long. But if you want to be rich then a £1.00 stake is not going to break the Bank. And you can win. People do.

 

I do like research and have a spreadsheet with all National Lottery results. I studied the results and came to this conclusion. By maximising the groups of six numbers that might be drawn, you reduce the odds and increase your chances of winning a million. And you CAN tip the odds in your favour.

 

If you take note of those selections that have almost no chance of being selected and then factor in all possible combinations it should remove hundreds of thousands of possible six ball selections, if not millions.

 

You might think you will need a computer programmer and a lot of paper and ink to print out all possible permutations of six balls selected from a group of 49. But not necessarily if you follow the guidelines. It's not as easy as winning a video poker game, but it's possible.

 

All you need do is scrub out all combinations detailed below. This might still leave a host of six numbers on which to put your pound on the Lottery. But there is a reasonable chance that one of those six numbers will hit the jackpot. A quick check will show that the same six numbers have never been selected so that will automatically lose over 1700 possible combinations.

 

You might have to invest thousands but you will have won millions (assuming there are only a few winners to share the top prize).

 

So - it is possible to win the Lottery.

 

The World of Numbers and probability

 

It is never been drawn, and it is unlikely that a six number sequence will ever be selected ie; 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.

 

Equally unlikely is a five number sequence such as: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43.

 

Been selected only three times is a four number sequence: 27, 28, 29, 30; 11, 27, 46, 47, 48, 49 (as late as week 1663)

 

Not so common (60 times) as you might think is a three number sequence: 32, 33, 34.

 

Two consecutive numbers ARE common BUT not to be selected with a run of four numbers such as: 8, 9, 10, 11, 43, 44.

 

Only once has two sets of three been selected.

 

When you take these sequences together it eliminates quite a significant number of choices you can make.

 

If you are interested in sequences then you can download my Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls file) which has all the numbers from Draw 1 on 19 November 1994 to date. The results with 'hot' and 'cold' numbers, number of times each number drawn, combinations and sequences and draws in numerical order as opposed to listed week by week are on the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. Handy if you want to check if a six number sequence has ever been drawn.

 

This is updated every Thursday and Sunday so if you aren't one for databases or formulas all the work is done for you. The most recent update will appear here: Lottery No: 1817 22 May 2013.

 

I am not connected to Camelot or the National Lottery in any way. These worksheets are offered 'as is' and I cannot guarantee are 100% accurate but have tried to make them so. This is more of an interest in information and I make no suggestions as to what numbers to select.

 

If you separate numbers into groups of approximately ten numbers such as:

1 - 9

10 - 19

20 - 29

30 0 39

40 - 49

then other patterns emerge, similar to the above.

 

You do not find six of the selected numbers in one group; rarely five (but see week 1559) but often four and quite frequently three.

 

It is also rare to find six odd numbers or six even numbers being selected.

 

A word on averages and probability; and for this purpose assume that each machine and each set of balls is equal in weight. Otherwise the sets of figures for each combination of machine and balls will drive you crazy. And you don’t know the identity of them until the tills have closed.

 

Given that there are 49 balls it is fair to assume that over 8 weeks each one will be selected once; 8 times 6 is 48.

 

However looking over the previous 8 weeks - (see left panel) - it will be obvious that this is not so. Some numbers appear twice, three or even four times. See also the Excel Spreadsheet which can be downloaded from here. Some numbers not at all for 10, 20 or more weeks. But do you avoid numbers that have appeared over the previous three or four draws?

 

They used to call these ‘hot’ or ‘cold’ balls. A simple knowledge of probability will tell you that just because a number hasn’t appeared for over 10 draws it doesn’t mean it will come up on the 11th.

 

But probability suggests that  it is worth taking a chance on at least one number that hasn’t  been selected for more than 12 draws. See the spreadsheet.

UK National Lottery Results

The National Lottery Odds

 

In a Lottery game in which you have six numbers to select from 49 the odds of correctly selecting

3 numbers is ....    921 to 1

4 numbers is  ... 14125 to 1

5 numbers is ... 317825 to 1

 

And for the Jackpot; the odds on selecting all six numbers is a massive

13,983,816 to 1

The Results

The UK National Lottery results are updated here every Thursday and Sunday mornings.

 

From the previous 8 week results below you can see how often one number has been selected; some not at all

 

On average each number should be drawn once every eight weeks. At 22 May 2013

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Probability Corner

(see right panel)

 

If you are looking to find six numbers to select for the next draw 1818 - 25 May then here are a few odd facts to help.

 

From the last eight weeks it is highly likely that one of the last six numbers selected from week 1817 - 10, 23, 35, 39, 45, 46 (see above) could find its way into the next six numbers.

 

The following numbers haven’t been selected for more than 16 weeks: ball numbers with weeks in brackets. 28 (42), 29 (27), 2 (23), 19 (17).

 

Everything being equal each number by now should have been selected about 227 times. 1817 weeks divided by 8 (6 balls over 8 weeks equals the number 48 + 1 = 49, the number of balls). These numbers are reaching that milestone: 24 (224), 49 (226).

 

Every ball should be selected on average every 8 weeks. It is 7 draws since these numbers - 1, 13, 41 - were last selected.

 

You can judge the accuracy by checking on previous weeks selections here.