powerball said:Paying for any lottery "strategy" is a waste of money. Gail Howard perpetuates a lot of ignorant gambling fallacies. For example, she falsely claims that a combination with six consecutives numbers (e.g., 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 & 49) has less chance of being drawn than any other combination. One of her few true statements is:
Many people play a number because they think it's "due." They have the mistaken notion that in Lotto, everything has to even out. That simply is not true.
Good LUCK!
GillesD said:tomtom
Why consider 6 consecutive numbers coming out a joke? An unusual event sure, but any combination is unique by itself.
And what is a 6 consecutive number combination? Well basically, it is made out a starting number (which can be any number from 1 to 44) and then, 5 other numbers separated by an equal value between each of them (in this case, it is 1).
Is that impossible? Well. you might want to go back to draw #670 on June 23rd, 1990 and check the winning numbers (22-27-32-37-42-47). Anything unusual about those numbers? Well, the starting number here is 22 (yes, fairly high but not that unusual) and then, the difference between each other number is always the same, not 1 but 5 in this combination. So if this unlikely combination (by your standards) has come out, why not the famous 1-2-3-4-5-6 or any other combination of this nature.
So why consider the combination 12-24-32-36-39-47 (winning numbers in draw #2113) more likely to come out than 22-27-32-37-42-47 or 5-10-15-20-25-30. Space permitting, I could list here 13,981,703 combinations that have yet to appear. And it is most likely that the next winning combination will among these. But having said that, it is possible (2,113 chances out of 13,983,816) that one of the already winning combinations will repeat.
Considering the present company, to call your self a math guru, is kind of arrogant, PB, don't you think?powerball said:Great posts by fellow math gurus GillesD and johnph77. Hopefully, between the three of us, the level of lottery knowledge will continue to increase in this active board provided by LT.
Whenever I point out a common gambling/math fallacy, some people get so defensive that they accuse me of some evil agenda when all I am doing is sharing my knowledge.
lsimas said:Anyone has experienced Gail Howards methods to choose the most probable numbers?
Is the book Lottery Master Guide anything which values the money it costs?
powerball said:Great posts by fellow math gurus GillesD and johnph77. Hopefully, between the three of us, the level of lottery knowledge will continue to increase in this active board provided by LT.
Whenever I point out a common gambling/math fallacy, some people get so defensive that they accuse me of some evil agenda when all I am doing is sharing my knowledge.