Are you more likely to win the Lottery if you use the same numbers every week, or if you use random numbers?

Answer 1

The numbers are chosen at random therefore it makes no difference at all.

Answer 2

You are no more or less likely to win the lottery using different numbers each week, compared to using the same numbers each week. Any set of numbers have the same probability of winning (which is precious little).

The best way to make money out of the lottery is to run a syndicate at work -- and cheat! Collect all the stake money every Friday, but never actually buy the tickets. You'll have to cover the odd small prize out of your own sky rocket, but you'll still be up on the deal over the long term. If the syndicate do win, you're obviously going to be in a "lotto" trouble; but since you're more likely to be struck by lightning than win the lottery, you can worry about how to deal with that when it happens.

Since 1994, the lottery has created many millionaires ..... and most of them work for Camelot!

Answer 3

I believe, that if your numbers win on say, week 1, that the odds of the same numbers coming up would be highly unlikely. I do agree that ultimately the odds are the same, but there must be a math postulate that can answer this question.

I say you are not as likely to win with the same numbers more than once.

Since the government "controls" the numbers, they can decide who wins. The balls have rfid chips in them. The computer call up it's number and fwoop, it is sucked through the tube.

There are also other circumstances that increase your chances like age, country of origin, and unpronouncibility of your name.

Answer 4

No it is the same for both I always get a lucky dip after reading about someone who forgot to put their numbers on one week and they would have won.
My mom has the same number in her irish Lottery and has won three times about once a year better than knothing.
Good luck to all who do it.

Answer 5

I never use the same numbers, because imagine if for some reason you couldn't manage to buy a lottery ticket, like if you were ill or abroad, and your numbers came up! I don't know if it affects your likelihood of winning or not, but I wouldn't take the chance! Good luck!

Answer 6

The numbers you choose makes no difference to the chances of winning. However, some numbers are more popular with the public than others. If you avoid popular numbers then, if you do win, you will get a larger share (there being fewer winners) of the prize money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/240734.stm
But you still probably won't come out ahead.

Answer 7

each time they pick lottery numbers they do so randomly and the previous number picked do not influence the next pick therefore it makes no difference. any given combination of numbers are equally probable/improbable to win. the winning numbers from last week are as probable as any other combination

Answer 8

it's the same because the lottery results are independent variables. like tossing a coin. if you toss a coin and it comes up heads are you more or less likely to get a head next time? of course it's still 50/50. same with the lottery.

Answer 9

With the odds at just over 14 million to 1 (for the UK lottery) I would think it makes very very little difference considering the amount of permutations possible.

Answer 10

Any set of numbers has the same odds - over 14 million to one. Putting the same numbers in every week means you won't want to stop in case it wins when you haven't put them in - how sick would you be then. Just get a lucky dip .

Answer 11

You are just as likely to win either way.

The difference is that people who play the same numbers are more likely to get hooked because if they didn't play one week, they would know if it was their numbers and they *could have* won but didn't.

People who play random numbers just tend to play every so often as if they didn't play, they don't know if they would have won or not.