It’s an interesting question, and one of those questions that starts to intrigue you even more the more you think about it…
If my numbers haven’t come up yet, surely they are more likely to in future, so I should stick to my selected numbers right?
If I keep changing my numbers isn’t that like two lots of numbers changing making it even harder to win?
Sounds plausible. But sometimes we can overanalyse a problem!
The fact is, past results have no bearing whatsoever on future results. They simply can’t. Because underneath all those lovely numbers which make all those pretty patterns when you really really look for them…it’s just balls, little round balls bouncing around a draw machine. The balls have no memory, they aren’t all polite and considerate and therefore take it in turns to be drawn!
Each draw is a unique, random event. So it doesn’t matter if you play the same numbers or not each draw - because each set of numbers always has exactly the same chance of being drawn, every draw. Simple as that.
There are some reasons not to pick certain numbers but I’ll talk more about those reasons in future posts (or you can read about that and more in my free lottery tips course).
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1 Euro Millions // Apr 5, 2008 at 11:15 am
My grandpa played the same numbers all his life… once forgot and those numbers won… pity… so if you have been playing same numbers for a long time… stick with them.
2 Lottery-Guy.com // Apr 10, 2008 at 11:44 am
I’d say stick with playing if you want a chance of winning (obviously!). But playing the same numbers, or different numbers, makes no difference whatsoever to your chances of winning. Sounds like you’ve been hit by the infrequency illusion…
3 BJ MIN // Oct 16, 2008 at 6:41 pm
What about the calendar numbers? I mean, most people usually like betting or picking the numbers that have a special occasion, bdays of loved ones and the like. I think it’s just luck.
And yah, I’ve tried betting on the same number a couple of times and when I missed, it went out! grrrr..
4 Lottery-Guy.com // Oct 17, 2008 at 10:20 am
Calendar numbers are more likely to be selected - but that won’t have any affect at all on your chances of winning.
It might mean you end up sharing the jackpot with lots of people if you do win though, so avoid picking too many. More on that in my lottery tips course.
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