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• Coin Toss

  

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  If you had at one time hit 5 of 6 in a state lottery where 6 of 6 would have won the jackpot would you keep p;aying those same numbers or change them?

  Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners. 

  

  There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
• BobP

  

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  I generate new numbers for the wheel every play so changing them is no challenge.  The LP Predictions are for a week and I am sometimes surprised how much better some sets have done versus others. 
  
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• Cmoore50

  

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  Most of the numbers I play change from draw to draw. I'll key the same number at times. If you're just playing for fun. Nothing wrong with playing those six numbers over and over. But if you dig deep into the data. Repeating numbers, especially a 6/40+ game is low.

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• garyo1954

  

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  Reminds me of a antedote I just heard from a woman in PA. She had a neighbor who bought one ticket a year for the last draw of each year. Same numbers every year.

  Couple of years ago he hit for a million.

  All second hand info so take for what it's worth.

  Anyway CT, I'd track those five historically to see how they perform. Then go back with four and possibly three.

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• CDanaT

  

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  Back in 2005, I was playing another states version of Fantasy 5. I noticed a pattern for about 2 - 3 weeks. I was getting 3 numbers consistently, then an occasional 4th number but couldn't get that 5th number to save my soul. Oh of course someONE was always getting the 5th number and usually taking home the jackpot around $180 - $250K. Then one night a BUNCH of us hit 4 numbers and there was no jackpot winner. So,back then they divided the jackpot by all the 2nd place winners. I had all of the numbers and even had multiple lines with 3 numbers, just not the 5 on 1 line. Within 2 days, that pattern of numbers stopped appearing and never appeared again, so I stopped playing but paid attention over the next year or so. I got a claimer check of that draw for about $860+/-. That's my only claimer to date. Still believing it is going to be my turn for a jackpot.......Just not sure of the date. 

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