2007-01-13 16:24:10 · 7 answers · asked by Prostidude 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Sure, but they will tell you that random numbers don't follow predictable patterns and that using a system doesn't increase the chances of winning at all.
2007-01-13 16:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lottery numbers are random numbers- and hence no probability study will help. What can help though is selecting numbers which are not birthdays (ie 1-31, and especially 1-12) or lucky numbers. Because more people choose these numbers; those who win will win less.
In the UK, over 6000 people a week play with the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 and 6. If they won the lottery they would get less than £2000 each.
Once in Ireland there was a lottery jackpot 1.5 times greater than the cost of buying every single combination. The risk to this is that in a bumper rollover many more tickets will be sold, so the prizes could be shared.
2007-01-13 17:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by Peter F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, but you're just a likely to win (or not win). Getting the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 is just as random as getting numbers within the entire range.
Most lottery websites will allow you to download their entire history into a CVS file. You can find out from that how often numbers are chosen. Believe it or not, some numbers appear to be chosen more than others.
Probably not much help.
2007-01-13 16:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saw a show on the Discovery channel about this. If the game is not fixed, the mathematicians said NO. The odds are 1 in 140 million or something like that and the only way to get a sure thing is to buy all the combinations. In other words you have to buy $140 million to win.
2007-01-13 16:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by rv9a2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i mean sure you could devise an equation to pick numbers just not with any accuracy. lottery numbers are chosen at random. and p.s. the lottery is a tax for people who are bad at math
2007-01-13 16:33:55 · answer #5 · answered by eskew_obfuscation 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can probably do it put it could take years
2007-01-13 17:02:47 · answer #6 · answered by Sophia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is possible
2007-01-13 16:32:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋