How to Pick Winning Lottery Numbers

Posted on June 1st, 2009 by Marck

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Lotteries can be fun for some people, but others have that compulsion to win big bucks. The news is filled with stories and reports of people who have changed their fortunes with one lottery ticket. If you want to win the lotto, you have to pick the correct combination of numbers.

Do the Math

Most lotteries have a 6/49 set-up. To win the jackpot in a 6/49 game, you need to get six numbers in order out of 49 numbers during a lotto draw. It sounds simple to win the lotto; if it were, there wouldn’t be millions of dollars at stake. Here are some important mathematical and statistical considerations you have to keep in mind when playing lotto:

The first number in the game has 49 unique ways of being drawn. The second number in the game has 48 ways of being drawn, the third has 47 ways. The pattern goes on until you have the sixth number, which has 44 ways of being drawn.
When you multiply all of the unique ways a number can be drawn in a game of 6/49 lotto, you’ll arrive at a very large value of probabilities, which is more than 10 billion ways. To be exact, if you end at this calculation, you’ll have 10,068,347,520 ways to get a winning lotto number. Now you have determined the permutation.
Your calculations don’t end there. When you multiply the numbers 1 to 6 by each other to determine the combination, you’ll arrive at a value of 720.
When you divide the value of the combination by the permutation, you’ll have the number 13,983,816.
The odds of winning the jackpot at a game of 6/49 lotto is one in 13,983,816 chances.

Push Your Luck

Just because the odds seem so stacked against you doesn’t mean that you’re never going to win the lottery. One in 13 million isn’t so bad, considering that people do win lottery jackpots on a regular basis. Here are some ways for you to win the lotto:

Buy a lot of tickets. The chances of winning the lottery are very slim, so you need to buy a lot of tickets to win the game. Some lotto aficionados are known to buy dozens of tickets for just one draw.
Rely on your gut instincts. Sometimes you have to listen to what your heart, mind, or soul is telling you when you select your numbers. You may even have a vision of a collection of numbers that may help you get the jackpot winnings.
Do numerology. Some lottery winners swear by numerological techniques, like using birthdays, anniversary dates, or lucky numbers to get the winning combination. You may also want to consult fortune-tellers, seers, and other people gifted with extrasensory perception to win the jackpot.

Some people play lotto for fun, and still others see it as their literal ticket to success and financial security. While there’s no substitute for wise money management and hard work, these tips can help you gain a winning edge in a lotto draw.