Winning Number Science

There are a number of websites proclaiming the formula of winning lottery numbers is the best when using their system. It will be interesting to find out from the website creator that if the formula is so good, has the creator gotten rich playing the lottery? The answer may be difficult to process as generally, the identity of the creator is a secret and if the person has really got rich playing his or her own system then that piece of information is top secret. Anyway, here are some fail safe strategies of playing the Pick 3 or Pick 4 lottery games that mathematically speaking gives you the best percentage of winning returns.

Analysis of a strategy

Any game of chance is an ‘us’ vs ‘them’ situation. In the case of the lottery, the ‘us’ is you the player and ‘them’ is the organizer of the lottery generally the State. In casino gambling the house has the edge always. In the game of lotteries, the State has the edge. Certain casino games like roulette, the house edge is 5%. What it means in simple terms is that for every dollar bet the casino is certain to earn five cents. State lotteries advertise that the house advantage is split between the player and the State. The reality is that the house edge is 50%. The State keeps fifty percent of the amount bet. (Money raised to fund special projects / good causes). The balance of 50% is distributed as winnings depending on the formula. Despite the house advantage, there are any numbers of players betting every single day.

Pick 3 winning number strategy

The game of Pick 3 is very simple. You have to pick 3 numbers from 0–1–2–3–4–5–6–7–8–9–0. There are 10 digits. One of the website gives the 9 number system that is guaranteed to win. Here is a quick peek in the mathematics of probability. Out of the 10 digits, you drop any one number because you feel that is not lucky for you. You send the remaining nine numbers to the website who sends you the combination as per your play — straight or box (for a small fee). Straight play is an exact match of predicting the numbers. Box numbers can be in any order. The odds of winning straight by predicting the exact match is far less than predicting box. Say you predict 1,2,3 as the winning numbers. These are the possible box winning numbers 123, 132, 213, 231, 312, 321, Since, you have started with nine digits the possible combinations are 168 numbers. If you buy 168 tickets, you are guaranteed a prize. The conditions of guarantee are that no number is drawn twice and that the number left out is not drawn. Now the payout for Pick 3 Pick 4 box is $45.50 (one-sixth the Straight prize money which is $275). Buying 168 tickets at 50 cents apiece means you lose out. So the trick here is to leave out 3 digits and predict three winning digits for a total purchase of 42 tickets ($24 investment). The same website calculates the winning numbers for 8 numbers, 6 numbers, 5 numbers and so on.

Coming back to the original question at the beginning of this article; One thing is sure, in all probability (calculating the odds of winning is probability science) the creator of such websites make more money consulting on the websites than actually playing the lottery. This is quite fair as the website creator is utilizing mathematical skills to give you the winning edge. For that service charging a small fee is perfectly alright.