Chances Of Winning archives - page 3 of 4

It’s has crazy big $multi-million jackpots, but just what are your chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot..?

Mega Millions is different to ‘normal’ lottery draws. It’s a ‘power ball’ type draw which means it’s really 2 draws – and you have to win both to get the jackpot. (You can read all about Mega Millions and how it works here)

That’s normally a very bad thing for the player! Read More

I see so much dumb totally made up lottery math around, it’s no wonder people get confused.

Just today I came across another ‘system’ teaching people to predict lottery numbers by using ‘lottery sums’. What do they mean by using sums for the lottery?

In a nutshell the expert idiot writer meant adding up groups of past numbers, and making silly conclusions about them…

You sum (or ‘add’) the first two numbers, then the second and third groups of two numbers. Read More

Did you guess how ‘Derren Brown: The System’ worked? Did you spot it even before the coin toss trick?

[If you want to know more about how Derren does his crazy mind voodoo check out this video]

I did but then I’m used to spotting such things as the same trick is used by lottery system sellers. Read More

[Q] “I read in the paper that somebody won the jackpot, carried on playing using the same lucky numbers, and won the jackpot again just a short while later! Is it true jackpot numbers are repeated?”

[A] Yes and no!

Yes, any set of numbers can be repeated. Lottery balls have no memory, they don’t remember if they got drawn last week or any other week. Read More

Quick picks are commonly misunderstood.

They are also a hugely popular (if slightly lazy) way to play the lottery.

And a question today hits on the old ‘quick pick vs own numbers’ debate of whether your chances of winning are better with quick picks.

[Q] “I’m worried about a computer randomly picking numbers for me. Read More