Lottery Prediction: Can Numbers Be Predicted?

[This is the continuation of a discussion about lottery prediction that originated on my reviews of lottery systems page. It was getting too long there so I’ve brought it over here to a new post for reply]

So Can Lottery Numbers Be Predicted?

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Lottery Prediction: Can Numbers Be Predicted?

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  • Lantern

    Yes, yes it is possible.
    A mathematician of the american south, called Helio B. Caramuru did this by equations very complicated. HE sent his thesis to many scientific societies, which in addition to lottery could also provide for other events, but was not given much attention.
    His thesis is called “Mathematics of Evolution,” but he became discouraged by disinterest of academic scientists, and became a recluse and does not share his knowledge with anyone saying: “do not want anyone to use this knowledge for greedy purposes.”
    If you want to know more refer here:
    researchgate.net/post/Helio_Barnabe_Caramuru-Theoretical_Science_Researcher-Not_Academic-Developed_the_theory_The_mathematics_of_evolution
    [UPDATE: site has now removed his paper…]

    • LG

      Hi Lantern,

      I’ve looked further afield than your link, but I don’t see anything by Helio that proves this?

      It’s also worth pointing out that Helio isn’t a mathematician, he’s actually a retired civil engineer. It’s also free to join ‘Research Gate’ and anyone can publish anything – it’s not like a peer reviewed journal. So there may be very good reasons why other academics haven’t shown interest in his work.

  • Rebecca Tilney

    I’ve been a member of BFL before and was barely winning anything.

    • LG

      BFL is a syndicate – they don’t do any kind of prediction..? Syndicates are not a magic formula – they just give you a solid better chance of winning. So ‘barely winning anything’ (i.e. winning something, while waiting for a big win), could have been ‘winning nothing at all’ without the syndicate 🙂

  • Marjan Novotni

    Hi everyone, I have a degree in mathematics, the lottery numbers are a random event, however I can find the sequence or equation for any lottery! But the numbers have to have come out already…

    You need good mathematical knowledge to understand what I do. But if I design enough equations I can hopefully design a future predicament equation for the lottery numbers.

    • Grace

      I too have taken the time to find several patterns but as yet have not been able to reach the finish point. Have always had a love for numbers and know that there is a pattern.

      • HMJ

        Yes I too have always loved working with Numbers. And yes I have won several levels for good payouts. Everyone keeps talking about the balls falling in a predicted fastion? Sorry! They don’t do it that way anymore in my state.

        They don’t look for winning numbers. They look for the numbers that haven’t been picked and post that one. (Please comment) I will explain why my winnings went down instead of up.

        It is all done on computer now. Just like Vagus. All the %’s are prefigured before the numbers are analyzed. Thats why you no longer can watch the draw. Then there is so much time past before the numbers are posted.

        There is a lot they don’t tell you in order to make an accurate prediction.

        Is there a state left that shows a state lottery draw at the cut off time for the draw?

        Please comment, and advise, positive or negative.
        Thankyou
        HMJ

    • Reginald

      Hi Marjan,

      I’m very intersted in your research with finding an equation for the lottery numbers. Would you be willing to share your findings with me so that I can analyze it?

    • Rule Let

      Random just means we don’t have the knowledge to understand it.

      The gambling businesses know this. That’s exactly why they keep changing the Power Ball & Mega Millions numbers. Every time they add a new state they up the odds on the game.

      You can always change your odds. Getting struck by lightning is a low chance, but we all know being out in the rain with a metal rod held high will increase your chances. The same with the lottery.

  • Judex

    I do a little computer programming. In a previous post, I mentioned that it is possible to win the Jackpot very often, but it will cost too much to syndicate a try, and you will never win what you invested because the total amount received is divided too many times, mainly for the Government, the Shops, the Organizers, etc. etc. !

    The commercial softwares are too light to give ample winning chances.

    I think it is not possible to predict the loto because there is no pattern to follow and analyze.

    In the beginning, I was winning often enough those small sums, but I stopped winning after a few months. I was betting the same entries every week. Hence, I started to wonder why? Coincidence?

  • Grace

    I too have wondered many times why the numbers I had played consistently for some time just “happen” to come up – the day I don’t play them.
    Bad luck or a rigged system??

    Coincidence – I think not – everything happens for a reason.

    In your opinion what would be the chances of winning a lottery if you played consistent sets that included all the numbers? Wouldn’t you have a better chance in lotteries that required only 5 numbers.

    • LG

      Definitely rigged – call the lottery police now.

      No, I’m joking 🙂 (excuse my sense of humor…)

      I honestly don’t believe that playing or not playing numbers makes any difference to wether they come up or not. There’s no good reason for a lottery company to rig a draw – they make a lot of money if we win or lose, and they sell more tickets if lots of people are seen to win. Rigging a lottery seriously puts that guaranteed profit at risk. It’s also very hard to do (but see the Nick Perry scandal for some fun shenanigans) and it would be incredibly difficult to get away with – too many audits and checks.

      As for playing all the numbers, it depends on the game and how you arrange those numbers. Playing too many numbers can simply mean you spread yourself so thin that you get multiple hits, but only 1 or 2 balls all on different lines. Some dodgy lottery systems rely on this technique to make you think “it’s working” — when the bottom line is you’re still not actually winning anything!

      And finally, yes, you do generally have a better chance with games that pick 5 instead of 6 balls. There’s more on this kind of thing in my free lottery tips course.

      Hope that helps 🙂

    • Rule Let

      This may sound crazy, but if you want one simple way of improving your chances at winning here it is. This is an example…..
      If the Mega Millions number came in as 16-19-28-29-68 (9) just don’t play those exact numbers again. You’ve now ruled out 1 out of that 258,890,850 odds. This may seem pointless, but numbers in that odds bracket usually don’t repeat.
      Just look at some of the odds on the back of these lottery ticket play slips. You don’t have to rig a game if the odds are against you.

      • LG

        Unfortunately that isn’t true.

        If you roll a 6 on a dice, that doesn’t make it any less likely to appear next roll.

        The same applies to lottery games. They usually don’t repeat simply because there are so many other combinations available. So I’m afraid you can’t actually eliminate any result as being less likely just because it’s already happened. Sorry 🙂

  • HMJ

    Now that it’s computerised, they have control, not the player!

    They choose when, where and how many. It’s all done via %’s in their favor!

    Is there a State out there that still show’s the draw at the cut off time? Or tells you after the fact only. If there is that’s the state I may play.

    Please reply.

    • LG

      Hi HMJ,

      Not sure I understand what you mean. The lottery company have control over the draw regardless of it being computerised or a ball based draw.

      Yes, the percentages are precalculated and in their favour. Just like every business. But that doesn’t affect the odds or your chances of winning.

      You seem to be suggesting there is something shady going on in your local game..? But lotteries profit when they run a perfectly fair and random draw. So why would they do anything shady and risk losing their profit and going to jail? Doesn’t make sense.

      • Panagiotis

        I do not agree with you. Lotto companies can easily rig the game and never get notice, because no one can prove they have rigged the game and also is very expensive to sue them.

        When you are playing your tickets in the terminal, your numbers stored in a database, so the computer analyzes the chose the winning draw which give the least money. Which this means the game is rigged, because they have all the selected games in their databases and they can choose any draw they want. All computer generated lottery games are rigged. Balloting games like lotto or powerball games, are rigged too but with different way. They balls have mercury and when the drum is rolling a hot air flows in and when the lotto aperture will open, the balls which have the mercury in, grows in size and doesn’t fit in the aperture so you loosing the number.

        Also another think you must know, most of the lottery draws are recorded and are not live so the numbers have chosen even before you play. Lottery machines are changing so there are many other factors which cant be predicted or prove that the balloting system is not rigged.
        There are Mercury balls
        There are Magnetic balls
        There are Liquid core balls (The ball is hollow with a liquid with one counterweight mechanism)
        There are PLUSH Balls and are driven with the air.
        Balls that are driven with the hypersonic pulses.
        They use space technology to control their draws as you believe even the balloting system is more fair than the computer generated, you’re wrong.

        They have better technology to fight against us, and you fight against them with technology too.
        So I believe you can improve the odds of the next draw if not predict at least. It’s better than nothing.

      • LG

        You’re missing the point though. Why? Why would they risk it?

        Lottery companies make very nice profits by running a perfectly normal random draw. They don’t need to rig it. So why would they?

        They’d also need so many people to be involved, including auditors, and different people each week to claim as ‘winners’. All of which would go to prison if they were found out. And are we multiplying that by every lottery game in the world too..?

        It’s not sounding very likely to me 🙂

    • Rule Let

      HMJ, you have a valid point. Anything computerized is controlled in some way. Who do you think created this computerized system? A human.
      Think about this. More people win from quick picks because more people play quick picks. But we don’t know how these quick picks are generated.
      This is where the controlled part comes in. A computer in Texas can generate the exact numbers over and over again. No one has ever looked into this, but I personally have gotten repeat numbers that have copied 3-4 of my same numbers.
      Rigged, I don’t know, but this is some easy way of stopping people from winning.

  • Kelly

    Was just wondering if there has ever been an instance where 2 lotto machines dropped the same number during a single draw. You’d think that this must have happened at some time.

  • Ryno

    Hi LG. I’m teaching maths at a high school in South Africa. And when teaching probabilities, learners would always ask “sir can we predict the lotto using probabilities”. As a teacher you should be bias toward discouraging them to gamble. So my answer would always be yes, but using maths the odds would still be very small. And the game is designed to give you an illusion of “I can win, it’s simple” but the odds will tell you something else.

    Anyway I have a question. To win the lotto you should match numbers. No looking at a simple thing called coincidence (a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance). Can you cut out coincidence to increase your odds of winning?

  • Romulo

    Hi, I have read your above comments and I have been playing lotto for awhile now. Yes, lotto numbers are random but using a system is a lot better than playing quick picks. I had some luck playing California Super Lotto in a pool. We have had hits for 5 without the mega number and sometimes 4 numbers with a mega number. Recently, I have been using Winslips Lotto Sytems and hit 3 or 4 numbers every other 2 games or so. Maybe I am just lucky for now but I am hopeful I will win the big one. By the way, I play 6/42 Philippine Lotto. I live in the Philippines right now with my wife.

  • Ronaldo Souza

    Hello,

    I agree with what was covered in this excellent article. Have the belief that mathematical techniques help increase the chances of winning the lottery, but we always need the luck factor in choosing numbers.

    Here in Brazil, using very closings in excel to play with more numbers and arrangements of these conditions exist mathematical locks, but since you set the amount of numbers required to have prizes on the cards. And how to make sure that the chosen numbers are right? Not give to predict unless you bet on trends.

    Hugs and Success

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