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The 10 Commandments of Playing Lottery -
1) Never, Never bet more than 5% of your net (take home)
income on playing the lottery - Remember lottery
playing is a mild form of gambling.
2) "Pool" your tickets with freinds at all possible -
It is better to win 10% of something than 100 %
of nothing. Now that I've said that - be sure if
you do pool to do the following:
A) Make sure you get a list of the numbers played.
B) Make sure a contract or some written document
is prepared spelling out the rules of the pool,
the participants and their signatures,
notification etc.
3) The most important thing to know about forecasting
possible winning sets of numbers is the following -
KNOW THE LAW OF AVERAGES !!!!
The law of averages states - given a large enough
sample size ANY STATISTIC WILL APPROACH ITS AVERAGE.
This applies to any statistic you can keep about
lottery numbers and lottery sets - such as evens and
odds, the sum of the numbers, the spread, 1st number
etc. This is important because if any statistic is at
a record level of going against its average, chances
are that statistic will swing the other way.
As a follow up, if I had been on the planet MARS
for a year, and had just gotten back and was now about
to play my first lotto game in that time, the most
important things I would need to know and in the order
of importance:
A) What numbers were drawn in the last drawing ?
B) What are the trends of the following statistics
for the last 10 drawings?
I) The first number (lowest number) drawn
II) The sums of the numbers
III) The spreads of the numbers
IV) Evens and odds
V) How many numbers have been drawn in each
category (10's, 20's, 30's, etc.)
4) Never play the same set of numbers more that once -
between 80% and 90% of all lottery drawings either
have no winners or just 1 winner - it does you no
good to have 2 winning tickets, when only 1 ticket
was required to win - remember it only takes 1 ticket
to win.
5) Always check your tickets after buying them from the
lottery retailer for mistakes, and always check "all"
your tickets after the results are announced. Every
year millions of tickets including million dollar
jackpots go unclaimed, because someone miss-red the
numbers, lost their tickets, or forgot to check every
ticket. If you bought your ticket as a tourist, you can
can look in publications like "USA TODAY" for results, or
call one of several toll numbers (900) for prior
results. Most states allow winning lottery tickets
to be claimed for up to 180 days after the drawing.
6) Put your lottery tickets in a "safe" place and sign
the back if you have won - remember, any lottery
ticket is like a "bearer" instrument - he who holds
the ticket claims the money.
7) Do not try to "forge" a lottery ticket by trying to
alter one of the numbers. All lottery tickets are
logged into a central computer, and each ticket has
a number of "check numbers" describing the retailer,
time of day, and other info which gives a cross check
to the validity of the ticket. Forging a ticket is a
"felony", and anyone trying it is usually arrested on
the spot.
8) If possible, play when the grand prize is greater
than the odds of winning - in other words - when the
reward is greater than the risk. For example, in the
state of Florida I don't play the 6/49 lotto until
the grand prize is greater than $ 14 million dollars.
I also don't play the Fantasy 5 game until it rolls
over - which usually happens only twice a year.
9) Learn all you can by reading books and publications.
10) Remember, most of the proceeds of lotteries go
to state goverments which fund education and other
budgeted services. If you can't win, you can at
least be helping the services in your state.