Fred Zed said:
I think you need to put in a decent number of tickets and do some research at lottery sites around the internet. Some wheeling software might be a good idea.
I have hit 5/6 on 649 once and 7/7 (twice)on one of the small Ontario lotteries.I rely on numbers that I get from RNGs.
You should maybe focus on enjoying the (gambling) process. Winning the jackpot is just a fantasy, the lower tier prices may be easier to win.
Some databases such as
www.lotteryvault.com claim to have a good prediction track record.
Currently, they are offering a free trial membership.
Thanks Fred, you have put in some very thoughtful answers. Let the good doc give a little twist here.
1.
Winning the jackpot is just a fantasy, the lower tier prices may be easier to win. It is obvious that lower tier prices are easier to win since the odds are much more favorable. A lot of people like yourself focus on smaller prices and chances are you may come out ahead. But the good doc must say that I belong to the group who is never interested in the lower tier prices.
There is a well known saying about winning the lotto jackpot, “all you need is a dollar and a dream.” Given the prohibitive odds as cited, anyone who buy mega million or powerball lotto for the purpose of hitting the humongous jackpot must be day dreaming. The funny thing is sooner or later, someone will win, why not you or I??? For me anyway, that is what makes playing lotto interesting.
2. Apparently
the necessary condition for hitting the jackpot is quite easy, namely, spend a dollar and purchase a lotto ticket. Anybody doing that fulfils the necessary condition. The most difficult part is fulfilling the sufficient condition, namely picking all six numbers correctly to hit the jackpot. This is where the strategies and research come in, to harness and predict what numbers will come out at drawing. Some people really enjoy doing all these, but the good doc would rather enjoy the elation of hitting the jackpot. LOL!!!
3. Fulfilling
the sufficient condition of hitting the jackpot:
a. Buy a decent number of tickets
Presumably the more tickets one buys, the better the odds of winning. But again given the surreal odds of hitting the jackpot, it does not make too much of a difference if one plays $10 or $100 or even $1,000. I have heard that some syndicates would pour in millions of dollars when the jackpots are attractively high, such as now when the mega million is USD$114 Million and the powerball is USD$102 Million. Still all these millions invested do not guarantee hitting the jackpot, unless all possible combinations are being brought, which will make it a money losing proposition. Consider spending $175,711,536 to hit $114,000,000, it is obviously silly to do so. My approach has always been buy whatever number of tickets that I can afford to lose. Consider them as donations to a good cause. LOL!!!
b. Do some research
This is probably the most interesting part of the game, other than winning the big one. Personally, I have not done much research since I believe in the randomness of occurrence of numbers. Fred has suggested some venues and in due time, I am sure lots of Terbites will find something interesting in harnessing, manipulating, and predicting the right combination of numbers.
c. Seek help from lotto picking software, such as wheeling and database software for prediction. May be these software help or may be not. I have never used them and therefore cannot form an opinion on their efficacy of how good and accurate they are. Databases such as
www.lotteryvault.com make claims that they accurately predicted some big jackpots, such as mega million and powerball. If so, their operators should be filthy rich by now since they should practice what they preach in the first place.
d. Hoping Lady Luck will pay you a visit. Perhaps one visit is all it takes to hit the big one. LOL!!!