The number picker's dilemma

pastortoy · 03-29-2012, 07:24 PM

“Do you go with the numbers that show up the most often because they're hot, or do you go with the numbers that show up the least often because they're well overdue?”

By Elizabeth Trotta | Yahoo! Finance – Wed, Mar 28, 2012 6:14 PM EDT

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mega-m...-numbers-.html

ZenGum · 03-29-2012, 07:30 PM

Neither. Numbers are never hot nor due.

There are two ways to profit from lotteries.

One is to pick numbers higher than 31, or at least higher than 12. Many people use important dates for their favourite numbers, and so numbers under 31 are over-picked, and if you do pick these and they come up, you risk having to share the winnings with more people.

The other way is simple.

Run the lottery.

ZenGum · 03-29-2012, 07:31 PM

Ohhhh,
I'm not a number picker,
I'm a number picker's bum
I'm only picking numbers
while the number picker's numb.

pastortoy · 03-29-2012, 08:03 PM

Frequency Chart:

http://www.txlottery.org/export/site...343975900.html

How consistent is it with the article data? I see a couple discrepancies.

pastortoy · 03-29-2012, 08:20 PM

Is anyone buying for tomorrow's drawing? Never play?

If you are playing, are you a regular player or just when the jackpot grows large?

How do you choose your numbers or do you go with easy picks?

ZenGum · 03-29-2012, 08:25 PM

Good point - the third way to benefit - wait for jackpots.

monster · 03-29-2012, 08:39 PM

are there any patterns with the lottery numbers for other states?

monster · 03-29-2012, 08:39 PM

I don't play the lottery.

pastortoy · 03-29-2012, 09:16 PM

I'm leveraged in on this one - the office pool.

Griff · 03-30-2012, 05:34 AM

Never play.

jimhelm · 03-30-2012, 10:07 AM

i passed this time. Either I'll be the only one working here, or the only one with my $10.

wolf · 03-30-2012, 10:31 AM

I don't pay the tax on stupid people. Or maybe they aren't stupid. They just can't do math.

Okay, I admit that I have occasionally played, but mainly when a group of people at work decided to go in to a big batch of losing tickets.

I had an uncle who played a lot who would go on and on about his wins, a hundred here, a thousand there ... near as we could determine, he probably spent at least five grand a year on tickets and never made it back. But, you only remember the wins, right?

JBKlyde · 03-30-2012, 02:31 PM

If the winner of the lottery gets "stoned to death" then the lottery is evil.

Spexxvet · 03-30-2012, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBKlyde

If the winner of the lottery gets "stoned to death" then the lottery is evil.

What if (s)he just gets stoned?

Sundae · 03-30-2012, 03:02 PM

I play the Euromillions Lottery on the closest draw after payday. Sometimes twice a month, depending on finaces. Never more.

I always play "lucky dip" (numbers randomly selected).
I don't expect I'll ever win, but £2-4 a month buys a lot of dreams. And it's cheaper and healthier than a pint of beer.

03-29-2012, 07:24 PM	#1
pastortoy --- Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 38	The number picker's dilemma “Do you go with the numbers that show up the most often because they're hot, or do you go with the numbers that show up the least often because they're well overdue?” By Elizabeth Trotta \| Yahoo! Finance – Wed, Mar 28, 2012 6:14 PM EDT http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mega-m...-numbers-.html

03-29-2012, 07:30 PM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Neither. Numbers are never hot nor due. There are two ways to profit from lotteries. One is to pick numbers higher than 31, or at least higher than 12. Many people use important dates for their favourite numbers, and so numbers under 31 are over-picked, and if you do pick these and they come up, you risk having to share the winnings with more people. The other way is simple. Run the lottery. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-29-2012, 07:31 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ohhhh, I'm not a number picker, I'm a number picker's bum I'm only picking numbers while the number picker's numb. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-29-2012, 08:03 PM	#4
pastortoy --- Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 38	MegaMillions historical stats Frequency Chart: http://www.txlottery.org/export/site...343975900.html How consistent is it with the article data? I see a couple discrepancies.

03-29-2012, 08:20 PM	#5
pastortoy --- Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 38	Big US multi-state MegaMillions jackpot tomorrow. Is anyone buying for tomorrow's drawing? Never play? If you are playing, are you a regular player or just when the jackpot grows large? How do you choose your numbers or do you go with easy picks?

03-29-2012, 08:25 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Good point - the third way to benefit - wait for jackpots. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-29-2012, 08:39 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	are there any patterns with the lottery numbers for other states? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-29-2012, 08:39 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I don't play the lottery. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-29-2012, 09:16 PM	#9
pastortoy --- Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 38	I'm leveraged in on this one - the office pool.

03-30-2012, 05:34 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Never play. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-30-2012, 10:07 AM	#11
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	i passed this time. Either I'll be the only one working here, or the only one with my $10. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

03-30-2012, 10:31 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't pay the tax on stupid people. Or maybe they aren't stupid. They just can't do math. Okay, I admit that I have occasionally played, but mainly when a group of people at work decided to go in to a big batch of losing tickets. I had an uncle who played a lot who would go on and on about his wins, a hundred here, a thousand there ... near as we could determine, he probably spent at least five grand a year on tickets and never made it back. But, you only remember the wins, right? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-30-2012, 02:31 PM	#13
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	If the winner of the lottery gets "stoned to death" then the lottery is evil.

03-30-2012, 03:02 PM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I play the Euromillions Lottery on the closest draw after payday. Sometimes twice a month, depending on finaces. Never more. I always play "lucky dip" (numbers randomly selected). I don't expect I'll ever win, but £2-4 a month buys a lot of dreams. And it's cheaper and healthier than a pint of beer. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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