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.
Odds & Evens
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.
High & Low Numbers
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.
Best Sums
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 |
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 279). |
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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 & Hot Numbers
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
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.
Number Groups
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.
Games Skipped
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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