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Number
Selection
How Best To Choose Your Numbers |
With
many scientific number selection methods
to choose from, experts recommend
sticking to some basic facts. These
are some of the ground rules you must
remember:
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1.
PLAY A BALANCED GAME
When
selecting Lotto numbers, try to strike
a balance between odd and even numbers,
as well as high and low numbers.
All
odd or all even numbers are rarely
drawn, occurring only 2% of the time.
The best mix is to have 2/4, 4/2 or
3/3, which means two odd and four
even, or four odd and two even, or
three odd and three even. One of these
three patterns will occur in about
80% of the drawings.
Winning
numbers are usually spread across
the entire number field. In a 40-number
game, for example, numbers 1 to 20
would be in the low half, and numbers
21 to 40 would be in the high half.
In a 49-number game, numbers 1 to
24 would be in the low half, and numbers
35 to 49 would be in the high half.
It's
very rare that all high or all low
numbers are drawn. This occurs only
2% of the time. The best combination
is to have 2/4; 4/2; or 3/3; which
translates to two high and four low
numbers; four high and two low numbers;
or, three high and three low numbers.
Winning number groups with these three
patterns occur more than 82% of the
time for the simple reason that Lottery
numbers are randomly drawn. If you
want to play Lotto to win, it's important
to select the Lottery numbers in patterns
most similar to the way the numbers
are actually drawn.
Most Lottery experts say that randomly
drawn numbers tend to have their sums
distributed in a bell-shaped curve.
The range of all possible sums in
a 49-number Lotto game is from 21
to 279. If the number combinations
that could be made with the possible
sums were to be plotted out, the result
would be a bell-shaped curve, with
the sums 21 and 279 at the tail end.
In
a Pick-6 Lotto game with a 49-number
field, there is only one six-number
combination that adds up to 21: 1
+ 2 + 3+ 4 + 5 +6= 21
And, in the 6/49 Lotto game, only
one six-number combination adds up
to 279: 44 + 45 + 46 + 47 + 48 + 49=
279
These combinations have the smallest
and largest possible sums. And they
occur only once - at the tail ends
of a bell curve - making it virtually
impossible for either of those groups
of numbers to be drawn as winning
combination.
HOT TIP: In the 49-number Lotto game,
the most frequently occurring sum
is 150.
| Game |
Lotto
Numbers |
Sum |
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Game |
Lotto
Numbers |
Sum |
| 01 |
07
- 09 - 19 - 36 - 40
- 44 |
155 |
08 |
02
- 17 - 22 - 28 - 35
- 36 |
140 |
| 02 |
01
- 15 - 23 - 26 - 34
- 46 |
145 |
09 |
06
- 10 - 18 - 34 - 38
- 48 |
154 |
| 03 |
09
- 14 - 28 - 39 - 47
- 48 |
185 |
10 |
02
- 21 - 25 - 30 - 31
- 43 |
152 |
| 04 |
01
- 06 - 13 - 20 - 35
- 40 |
115 |
11 |
02
- 06 - 11 - 30 - 38
- 45 |
132 |
| 05 |
12
- 16 - 24 - 36 - 39
- 43 |
170 |
12 |
09
- 11 - 20 - 25 - 32
- 47 |
144 |
| 06 |
07
- 11 - 19 - 39 - 41
- 48 |
165 |
13 |
12
- 17 - 36 - 43 - 44
- 45 |
197 |
| 07 |
01
- 20 - 24 - 29 - 31
- 33 |
138 |
14 |
06
- 07 - 15 - 21 - 27
- 48 |
124 |
| 08 |
02
- 17 - 22 - 28 - 35
- 36 |
140 |
15 |
04
- 15 - 21 - 28 - 30
- 38 |
136 |
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This
is due to the fact that the greatest
percentage of six-number combinations
in a 6/49 game adds up to 150. There
are numerous different ways to make
a six number combination that adds
up to 150. So theoretically, six-number
combinations that add up to 150 are
the most likely to occur in a randomly-drawn
49-number Lotto game.
The 150 sum would be at the top center
point of the bell curve, while higher
or lower sums move away up to the
extreme ends (combinations 21 and
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2.
MONITOR PREVIOUS GAMES
Most
Lotto players don't realize the importance
of monitoring past Lotto Draw results.
But tracking or analyzing the frequency
of numbers from previous Draws rates
the numbers' past performance in order
to determine its chances of being
drawn again in the future.
Best
Numbers are those numbers that have
come out in past Draws with the greatest
frequency. Hot Numbers are those which
are most overdue for a Draw. Lottery
experts say that high frequency (best)
numbers which are also very overdue
(or hot) make the very best bets.
Adjacent
Numbers are numbers on either side
of the Lotto numbers that hit in the
last drawing. To illustrate, if the
number 28 hit in the last drawing,
its Adjacent Numbers would be 27 or
29 for the next drawing. Or, if number
35 just won in the last game, its
Adjacent Numbers for the next game
would be 34 or 36.
It's a good idea to give special attention
to the Adjacent Numbers of the last
game's winners because an average
of one or two Adjacent Numbers come
up each drawing. More than 80% of
the drawings have one or more Adjacent
Numbers, averaging 1.4 Adjacent Numbers
per game.
Look
at a list of past winning numbers
for the Lotto game you play, and you'll
see, more often than not, that one
or more of the number groups is not
represented. For example, in the combination
5-15-18-32-38-42, there are no 20's.
Tracking and studying Number Groups
can help you decide which group to
omit and which group to give extra
heavy play.
List
the number of games skipped since
the last hit for each of the winning
numbers during the last five games.
Then, mark the number of times each
skip occurred. If any skip from 0
to 5 did not occur, play the numbers
out that many games. |
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3.
USE A WHEELING SYSTEM
Wheeling
refers to the method used to incorporate
more than 6 numbers into the number
combinations you would like to play.
Say, for example, you've chosen 7
favorite numbers to play in a Pick-6
Lotto. You can wheel these 7 numbers
into different 6-number combinations
and play these combinations so that
all 7 numbers are included in your
play
Click Here
To Learn More About Wheeling Systems... |
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