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 |
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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
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