Quote: Originally posted by bobby623 on Jul 23, 2013
Apparently, many lottery players believe with all their money that basic mathematics has a role
in lottery play.
Adding, using so-called lottery math, current draw results to past results is really popular here.
Computing roots, using mirrors, sums, adding/subtracting 1, and other methods abound.
Those who are pushing such ideas swear they are winning big and frequently.
For what it's worth, I don't think that kind of math is very useful over the long haul.
A recent claim by a Pick 4 player that he is 'winning thousands' every month using mathematics just doesn't
sound right.
But, too each his own.
I'm not a mathematician in any shape or form, so who am I to judge.
Maybe I should sit back and read what the learned and distinguished folks here have to say.
It's just unfortunate that what I'm reading lends very little to the task of winning.
Odds, percentages, probability, consensus, etc, have a role, to be sure, but I've yet to read
a post that showed me how to use such concepts to my advantage.
In fact, the posts strongly suggest that playing the lottery is basically a lost cause and should be
avoided.
Well, the opinions for or against lottery play are basically mute.
The fact is that people are playing and winning.
But, back to the original question.
Mine is that believing mathematics has a role in lottery games is the same as believing that winning numbers are predictable.
I'll change my mind when someone offers me hard, indisputable proof that winning numbers can
be consistently and accurately known in advance.
What I do believe is that every game played in a box, or a matrix, generates inherent 'trend lines' that can be used to a players advantage.
What are 'trend lines' you might be asking.
Unfortunately, I'm not really smart enough to provide a good answer.
All I can say is that they exist.
And how do I know it?
Well, basically, by breaking a lottery game down into small pieces, setting up reliable
and useful tracking charts, and paying attention to the ebb and flow of the resulting data.
When I set down to choose numbers to play, I have a standard ritual that underlines
all of the useful trends that I've identified for a particular game.
The problem is that I'm often faced with multiple, sometimes conflicting, trend lines.
Making the right choices usually results in a win of some magnitude.
Wrong choices don't pay.
There are no prediction schemes, at least, none that I know how to develop.
It's mostly experience and intuition.
Some times it's just making 'wild' guesses that often prove to be correct.
Here is an example of trend lines.
Given: BCRA (the last 4 elements in a very long alphabetical trend string)
The task is to select the correct letter using data in a related numerical trend string.
Analysis of the numerical trend string suggests '2' is the correct choice.
Question. Do I count right to left and get an 'R'
Or, do I count left to right to get a 'C.'
Either letter, using other trend strings, will produce a lottery number that may or
may not be in the winning combination.
Analysis to determine which count direction is the correct one is still underway.
Unfortunately, I can't do a Google search and find a program that will provide
answers because none exists.
What exist is a ton of ideas and suggestions, some in expensive lottery systems, developed
over the past 50 plus years. Stuff that in reality has little or no value.
I guess then that the answer to the question is that a majority of folks who look beyond the winning numbers
believe that despite the fact that nothing they have been doing has worked they
should nonetheless continue to go down whatever road they are traveling.
Trying something new and different isn't an option.
And that's an unfortunate answer to the question originally posed by RJOH.