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How to win on the Lottery

It’s possible to beat the odds and win a million without working.

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.

First, see the panels on the right.

The odds are very long; especially on the Dream number game.

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 haven't.

But I do like research and used to have a spreadsheet with every set of numbers ever drawn.

I studied the figures 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.

All you need do is scrub out all combinations detailed on the right. 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.

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. It's not as easy as winning a video poker game, but it's possible

It is never been done, 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 seen but rare is a four number sequence such as: 6, 7, 8, 9.

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

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

Similarly you don’t see too much of two sets of three: 18, 19, 20, 37, 38, 39.

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

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

1 - 9

10 - 19

20 - 29

30 - 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 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 panel on right) - it will be obvious that this is not so. Some numbers appear twice, three or even four times. 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 any number that hasn’t  been selected for more than 12 draws.

The previous 8 weeks Lottery results.

Updated each Sunday and Thursday.

See how often one ball is selected two weeks running (coloured red).

Some numbers not selected once!

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     317814  to 1

And for the Jackpot ......

The odds on selecting all six is a massive     13,983,816 to 1

In the Dream Number draw the odds of selecting the first number is 10 -1 because there are ten choices being 0 through to 9.

But the prize is £2.00 - £1 plus your stake. In other words the bet is EVENS.

You’d be better off putting your pound on the favourite on the 2.30 race at Chepstow.

The first two numbers give a spread from 00 - 99. You receive £10 on 100-1 odds. Think about it