Do you increase your odds of winning the lotto if you play the same numbers over and over again?

Question

or just choosing randomly

Answer 1

Doesn't matter what numbers you choose, your odds are always the same. You could play the same numbers that won the week before and your odds would be the same to win as choosing any other number. No matter what anyone tells you, there is NO strategy to change your odds of winning the lottery other than buying more tickets. The lottery numbers don't know what they did last week or last year, they come out with the same odds everytime. :)

I answered a question the other day about wether the lottery was worth playing or not, you should check it out.

Answer 2

*grins* There isn't a straight answer to that, as a broke college student me and my friends have tried both. Honestly I get tired of just choosing random numbers out of a hat, so I started keeping a chart of what numbers hit on what days. The odds of winning are very slim...err...non existant.

I did win a bingo tournament that my cousin made me enter. It was a bunch of old folks, didn't feel to good at the end, but that $1000 prize made it all better.

Answer 3

I'm not religious, but I do have heavy sociological / anthropological background. If you feel the need to "fear" your God, then it's because you feel guilty for something, or you want to feel victimized. Most folks don't fear their God. They love their God. God is like the ultimate leader. As Machiavelli said, a good leader must be both loved and feared. If he is just loved, then people will still do what they want against his wishes at times. If he is just feared, then they won't love their own lives, only doing what he wants out of fear of ramifications. If they love and fear him, then they will do what he wants out of love and respect first, and out of fear second. Let me try to use a different analogy for God... God, in most peoples' eyes, is like a good parent. A good parent uses 2 parts love and 1 part discipline to ensure people lead a good life. 1 part love is unconditional. God loves you unconditionally, because you are his creation. (Just as a parent loves their child unconditionally). 1 part love is for positive reinforcement. God shows you love to reward your good behavior. This is what most folks call "blessings", "miracles", etc. Parents do the same with them children; give them hugs when they succeed. 1 part discipline is used for negative reinforcement. God punishes people when they've been bad. Parents do the same to children. Now, most people will follow a Godly life simply because they respect and love God due to 1 part unconditional love, and 1 part positive reinforcement. If that doesn't work then they fear the 1 part discipline. However, what's "blessing" and "punishment" from God is subjective. Different religions, and even individuals, may see something as a blessing while others see it as a curse. Everyone can see whatever they want into something. When a mother hugs a child, it's pretty tangible that it's a hug. But, when a person finds $5 on the street is that a blessing? What if it just enables them to do something bad? I think the better way to look at God is that he gives people chances. The $5 is an opportunity. How the person chooses to use that opportunity dictates whether it's a "blessing" or "curse".

Answer 4

Neither - the odds are always the same (next to nothing)

Answer 5

if you flip a penny 100 times and it lands on heads 100 times the next time you flip the penny it still has a 50% chance of landing on tails does that clear it up

Answer 6

No. the odds are always the same as the pervious drawing.

Answer 7

Forget odds, forget statitics forget all that mathematics scam...thousands of people thought they knew the way to beat the statistics..well guess what, they r on streets now...

ALL YOU NEED IS LUCK. IF YOU ARE LUCK, YOU'LL WIN....LUCK IS ALL YOU NEED.

Answer 8

It doesn't really matter, your odds are going to be relatively the same.