The tests we run indicate that statistical tables can not successfully predict the winning numbers in a lotto game.
The difference between using statistical numbers and Randomly selected numbers was so minor that it would make very little difference in the final roll up of results.
While the conclusions of the tester were not unreasonable, the test was way too small to make them statistically valid. 52 draws out of more than 8 million possible combinations is insignificant.
There have been much more scientific and rigorous tests of our own Lotto 6/49. Unlike the 3-year history used in the amateur test, 6/49 has been in existence for almost 22 years and is usually used by lottery researchers. Here are the major findings which you can verify through Google searches.
1) 6/49 is fairly run. In other words, there is no cheating, biases or statistical anomalies to exploit.
2) The only way to increase your average expected payout in parimutuel lotteries is by choosing rarely chosen combinations. Whether you pick your numbers through statistics or randomly will not increase your odds of winning, but if you do win in a prize category, you would want as few winners as possible so that you get a bigger percentage of the pot for that prize category. Try asking the lottery corporations which numbers are chosen the least by players, and you will find out that this is their most valuable secret.
A much better link is SmartGambler.com's
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