How To Win The Pick 3 Lottery – ish!

how to win the pick 3 lotteryYes, the Pick 3 lottery is much easier to win. But as a lottery game, it pretty much sucks.

Because you might just as well be feeding your money into a slot machine.

The best you can ever hope for with Pick 3 games is a fairly small win, typically about $500.

And that’s the big prize!

But those lower tier prizes, a free play or $50, arrive regular enough to keep you playing…

Then what happens to those small wins? They’re so small, they just go back in the machine.

You Never Really Win With Pick 3

But you never win big, because there simply is no ‘big’ with the Pick 3 lottery.

Sure, you can play Pick 3 just for fun. But if you’re playing for the jackpot, then you’re playing the wrong game.

For most players, one of the main reasons to play the lottery is the chance of that ‘big win’. The life changing jackpot.

Pick 3 type games can never give you that.

So You Just Need To Win Pick 3 Every Time..?

Don’t be fooled by this folks. Nobody wins Pick 3 regularly enough to make an income/profit out of it.

People like to claim it (particularly if they want to sell you a system). They may even have short term evidence that makes it look like they did. But this never lives up to any scrutiny at all. I’ve been there, I’ve had those discussions. 🙂

There is only one guaranteed way to win pick 3, and that’s to buy (or box) all the combinations.

But of course that’s not going to make a profit.

So What Can You Do?

The real way to win the Pick 3 lottery, is to stop playing it and choose a better game.

[They won’t advise you to do that at the lottery counter of course, or in those trashy Pick 3 lottery systems either]

But take your typical Pick 5 or 6 game. Not only do they have life changing jackpots pretty much every week. These games also have plenty of those smaller prizes too.

Now the odds are going to be tougher than they are with Pick 3 for similar smaller prizes, but they won’t be radically different.

But what you really gain is the chances of winning the bigger prizes too – at no extra cost.

The Right Game Can Make The Difference Between Winning & Losing

Wisely choosing the right game to play (for you) is the most important step any lottery player can take.

So how do you choose a better game to play?

Get my free lottery tips and tricks – and I’ll show you how, and take you through specific examples.

Don’t just play what looks the shiniest, or has the biggest jackpot when you reach the lottery terminal. Because that doesn’t make it the best game for you.

55 Comments so far ↓

  • James Keener

    I like the pick 3 lottery, I don’t want to make a fortune playing the lottery I would like to just have fifty bucks in my pocket.

    • LG

      Hi James,

      But presumably you mean always having a spare $50 in your pocket, rather than just one $50 in a lifetime..? If winning $50 just once ever would make you happy for life, then stick with Pick 3. Otherwise it’s just not a good game choice. It costs the same as playing games with vastly bigger prizes (that also have smaller payouts) yet you can never win big. And despite the glossy sales pages, nobody wins Pick 3 regularly enough to make a profit from it.

  • James Keener

    But how many people that try to win the millions ever do? They spend their money forever and don’t win. People who do win millions have a lot of problems and are not happy. Have you ever won a lottery worth millions?

    • LG

      If you enjoy playing it James and you don’t ever want to win big, then stick with Pick 3 – I didn’t say you had to change, I just gave the reasons why it would be a good idea to 🙂

      Don’t be swayed by our negativity driven media. Dozens and dozens of new millionaires are created by lottery games every single week all over the world. The vast majority of them are perfectly happy – but that’s considered a ‘boring’ story by newspapers. The winners who have problems are usually the people who had problems which money just amplified.

    • Patrick

      Yeah I play daily 3,4 and Fantasy 5 as well as Super Lotto and I’ve hit the Daily 3 too many times to count. Never hit more than 4 numbers 1x on the Fantasy 5, and the Daily 4 2x box on separate occasions. Sure winning millions would be preferred but the reality is that it might never happen or by the time you do you’ll be too old to enjoy it. I like winning $300-$400 possibly twice in one day. With all lottery it’s designed for the house to win but at least the Daily 3 pays occasionally. Scratchers are a complete waste of money. I’d rather pick 5 daily 3 than a $5 scratcher. Odds seem way better for a better payout.

      • LG

        Woah, so many different games..!

        If you prefer Pick 3 for fun then play Pick 3 if you like. But if your goal is winning millions… Pick 3 is NEVER going to achieve that, and the right game CAN achieve it. Meanwhile you can still win smaller prizes that equal the best Pick 3 can ever do. ¯\_(O)_/¯

  • James Keener

    I bought so many lottery systems but none of them were any good but I still kept buying them. But that’s over with, no more, since I got advice from you. Thank you very much.

  • Jonathan Berggren

    Hey, I was wondering if I should stop playing the Cash 5 and start playing pick 3 and pick 4 in order to win more often? I enjoy playing the Cash 5 but it seems like I always hit 2 numbers but no more than that. I have hit 4 numbers before but I can’t seem to do that anymore. Any thoughts?

    • LG

      Why do you think you would win more often? The odds of a match 2 on Cash 5 are 1 in 9.6, but the best chances of winning something on Pick 3 are typically around 1-in-100..!

      • Jonathan Berggren

        Hey LG, I don’t know why I thought that. I didn’t really realize how high the odds really were in the Pick 3. I appreciate your feedback though.

  • Leroy Usherwood

    I try plenty time no Aaron avail, can you give any advice, have a nice day.

    Your saying sounds good but I will see.

  • Angela

    I win a lot, I learned some simple free systems using math not computer systems that you might buy. It’s easy, I play the same number 100 times and have twice won almost 10,000 on pick 3. Lately it’s been challenging for me so I have not played much. I play a lot less now due to the changes in the lottery systems. Seems more doubles and consecutive numbers are screwing things up. So I am playing low for now until it straightens out. I started low, just a dollar or two on a number, then had a good hunch on a number and took the chance with 13 plays on one number and one, so that gave me more confidence and I bit the bullet stuck 100 down on my next good hunch and won big. That my friends is how you make money at the pick 3 lotteries. Just go to lotterypost dot come and you will see all the other people doing the same thing. I learned fast because I am good at solving puzzles, that’s what this is. It’s like a puzzle when you chart the numbers and break them down, you can then see all the patterns. And you are then able to guess really good at the next number due. Sometimes you know for a fact it’s 2 numbers and you have to guess at that third, in that instance you would just play all ten possibilities and you win 100 for just 10 bucks. That is not a way to make a living but as you go you get more confident like I did and you take more chances. I have a good job and so I can afford to spend 100 dollars on a chance. Not every one can. So you start small and build, play on paper first and get good at it, it took me 2 months to get good, I did spend all day, some days studying these charts that I created myself using systems that are all over the internet for everyone to learn, for free. I could never teach it because it is my own version of these free systems. Everyones mind works differently. You could also be the type that can see the patterns and learn how to watch. It’s all learned by doing first. I learned as I played. Wwo months of losing and then I started to win. Now not so much cause like I said the system loops. It goes in cycles, once a consecutive number comes out, then lots of doubles follow and for some reason that screws up the charts. Others doing it for a long time have learned to get around this. I am learning, this week I had a break thru. I think my mind is more clear this month for some reason. Because I was able to see how the system is now jumping back and forth on my charts whereas before it was just going forward, well that is hard for me to explain so I’ll just say that every couple months you need to readjust your systems. Just google lottery systems, and the word system only really means methods, ways of charting your numbers, doing math workouts, etc. Systems sounds like software you might buy, but it is not. That was my confusion at first. So to those who think you cannot make money at Daily 3 are wrong. You can, I made almost 20,000 in one month, ssooooo there’s that.

    • LG

      Sorry, but I think you’re fooling yourself here Angela. As do many people who play Pick 3. How are your results any different to just luck? How much have you actually spent in total? How do you explain that it seems to work, then it doesn’t? “It goes in cycles” just sounds like random luck to me.

      I’ve talked to a lot of people who make big claims about Pick 3, but I’ve never seen anyone actually able to prove it. You mentioned LotteryPost – well just look at the Top Predictors charts for Pick 3. At any time there are about 5 people in profit – everyone else has lost money (most are 50% down or worse). Check weeks later and those previously in the top 5 are now losing money and another 5 might be slightly in profit for a while. The evidence seems to prove my point rather than yours 🙂

      • Mike

        The thing about proof is it would be giving over your system which would be dumb as hell. If you give it over then everybody wins right up till it is shut down because everybody is winning. I don’t have it but if I did I wouldn’t tell a soul!

      • LG

        Not at all. It’s really easy to prove. You can deposit your picks with a trusted 3rd party, who only reveals how much was won after the draw.

        It actually already exists – and is used by thousands of people who are convinced they are learning to beat Pick 3. Yet the results show none of them are in-profit for more than a short time.

      • Mickey

        It goes in cycles? It is not random. Remember the video of the girl on the news that that called out the last number correctly before the machine spit it out?

        Also, you can look back at previous draws and see that all the digit games draws are ALWAYS together.

      • LG

        You mean the Serbian lotto draw in 2015..? That wasn’t Pick 3 though. It was also massively blown out of all proportion. Did you watch the video? 27 was drawn, the presenter simply misread it as 21 (easily done) and the graphics people put up what she said. Then they realised the mistake and put up 27 (without deleting the 21). Then 21 actually got drawn. And everyone went crazy. But it was a 1-in-35 chance, and mere coincidence. 🙂 If there was really anything funny going on and it was rigged, why would the presenter know the result and be recalling the numbers from memory? Instead of just reading what comes out of the machine..? Makes no sense 🙂

        Not really sure what mean you, but Pick 3 often looks like there are patterns just because there are so few numbers in the draw.

  • Antonious

    What come after 700

  • Billy Diggs

    Hey LG, is Fantasy 5 a better game than the rest, just curious?

    • LG

      Not necessarily. It’s a better game than Pick 3 for sure. But it depends how big a jackpot is ‘big enough’ for you. Game choice is a personal thing so the answer is not the same for everybody.

  • Mel

    I play pick 3 sometimes and I won $500 twice. I play the whole box. The odds are 1 in 1000. So, I invested probably 60 bucks in my life on pick 3 and won $1000. I wouldn’t call it trashy pick 3 as you call it. I also won on Fantasy 5 $500. I’ve never won anything big on the big ones. Just 20 bucks here and there. And the scratches I won $1000 once. And a lot of $100 prices, $250.

    • LG

      I’m glad you’ve been lucky with Pick 3 so far. But it is generally a bad choice to play. If your reasons for playing it are purely for entertainment then no problem. But if you’re interested in winning a life changing sum then it is one of the worst choices available.

  • Larry

    OK, how about the pick 4? Is it as bad as pick 3?

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