Anyone can buy lottery tickets online these days, hoping to win the lottery. Many would give anything to know how to beat the lottery, especially versions like the mega millions lotto or Powerball. It is interesting to know that the amounts of money played worldwide is mind boggling and steadily rising.

The mega millions lottery is by far the most popular, this is because the prizes that winners receive are exceptionally high. There is a number of lottery number picker services online as well as lottery number generator programs. These play the odds by taking into account the numbers that have been drawn in the past.

Fact One:

This is misleading, because the odds never improve in any way, as each draw is a unique event, but people are misled by their intuition into believing this anyway. For example, your odds for winning the UK lotto is one in 14 million, winning the Euromillions is one in 76 million and the Powerball in the US is one in 120 million. Is it any wonder then that our ancestors referred to lottery games as “voluntary taxes”?

Fact Two:

Anyone who claims he has a system that shows how to win the lottery is a con artist. It does not exist, period. People have alway been desperate to improve difficult financial situations and easily buy into these methods. The only one who benefits from this situation is the seller.

To quote the FTC (source = http://www.ftc.gov), “There are no secret systems for winning lotteries. Your chances of winning more than the cost of your tickets are slim to none.”

Fact Three:

You can actually improve your chance at winning! Choose the lottery that offers better odds, play unusual numbers (not birthdays!) and concentrate your participation. It is better to play 10 lines in one draw that to play one line in ten draws. It is that easy.

If you knew this bit of information you might want to reconsider. 80% of  lottery players choose the quick pick method. This is where you let the  lottery machine choose your numbers. That leaves 20% of lottery players selecting their own sets of numbers to play.

Here’s where it becomes interesting, when the lotteries were asked:  “What is the percentage of quick pick wins in relation to player selected  wins?” and they said without hesitation 50/50.

So, if the 80% quick pick wins 50% of the time, and the 20% player  selected, wins 50% of the time, which group would you have the  better odds of winning?

You see, knowing more about how things work can make your outcome  more favorable. Did you know that the odds of a set of lottery numbers repeating themselves is astronomically improbable. Wouldn’t it be to your advantage to know if the numbers you hand select has ever been played?

Did you know the number of times a lottery number set delivers so many odd numbers vs even numbers could give you an advantage? There is literally an enormous amount of undisputable evidence and facts that can make playing and winning your lottery more possible for you.

Knowing what numbers appear more often and which bonus ball has hit more often can be very enlightening. There are other interesting facts that are considered and played with great success. For instance, if a number has appeared in a number of recent drawings so many times, it will grow
cold after that number of times. You certainly would want to know that bit of information.

Do you play in a small group of friends or family? This can better your odds considerably with a little insider information. No, we don’t profess to work for the lottery, just that by playing in a group and selecting key numbers can almost assure your group of a win every time.

Powerball is a multi-state lottery that is soon to make changes in their lottery game. To entice their players even more, they will soon be making some interesting changes. They will be adding 2 more regular ball numbers, so the total regular ball numbers will be 55. They are also increasing the amount
that they will pay if you hit just the 5 regular numbers and miss the red or Powerball bonus number. If you hit just the 5 regular numbers it will pay $200,000, this used to be only $100,000. To take this a step further, if you chose the “Powerplay” option which multiplies you winnings by as little as 2 times or as much as 5 times, you can now win as much as $1,000,000 by hitting just the 5 regular numbers and missing the bonus ball number. That’s pretty cool! 5 out of 6 and it can win you a cool million dollars.

These changes with the Powerball Game came about when the lottery board saw back in March of 2005 that too many jackpot winners were happening too close together. This was not allowing the jackpot to grow and reducing the lottery’s revenue when the jackpot wasn’t large enough to take in more players.
Think it could be, more players are discovering “lottery secrets”?

Obviously, the more the jackpot grows, the more people will play, but now with the new changes soon to take effect, the possibilities of hitting a million dollar pot on any given draw will increase playing on a more consistent basis. Overall, the amount of players will actually increase regardless of the jackpot total, smart
thinking of someone’s part, wouldn’t you say?

Having constantly updated statistics available can make a significant difference in your lottery playing experience, playing without it can leave you, well, where you been so far, still wishing for a big win. Lotteries are a game of chance with incredible odds in their favor, reducing those odds with facts and history is giving you a much greater chance at winning the cash you hope to find.

Lets take the average 6/49 lottery that operates in several USA states and Canada Provinces as an average lottery for our example. To win the lottery grand prize “you” as the contestant have to select all six numbers exactly as drawn in the weekly or monthly contest.

To understand how to calculate your chances of winning the lottery one simply has to evaluate the process of calculating the pool of potential numbers that you as a contestant have available to select.

To pick the first number you have a one in 49 chance of selecting a correct number.

To select the second number you have one less in the pool of potential numbers available for your selection. To choose the second number you have a one in (49 times 48)= 2352 chance of getting them both correct.

To select the third number you have one less in the pool of potential numbers available for your selection. To pick the third number you have a one in (49 x 48 x 47) = 110,544 chance of getting all three of them correctly.

To select the fourth number you have one less in the pool of potential numbers available for your selection. To pick the fourth number you have a one in (49 x 48 x 47 x 46) = 5,085,024 chance of getting all four of them correct.

To select the fifth number you have one less in the pool of potential numbers available for your selection. To pick the fifth number you have a one in (49 x 48 x 47 x 46 x 45) = 228,826,080 chance of getting all five of them correct.

To pick the sixth and final number you have a one in (49×48x47×46x45×44) = 10,068,347,520 chance of getting all six of them correct.

So far I have not won any lottery and I do not know anyone who has won a lottery. Practical advice and mathematics suggest that one chance in 10 billion is very close to no chance in 10 billion.