You Should Stay Away From These 2 Lotto Strategies

By Author: Darrel Dolph
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It's hard to disagree that there is too much lotto advice available. Do this. Don't do that. It's a challenge to sort it all out. So, allow me to enter the fray by describing some of the worst lotto advice.

My assistant today will be that vivacious star of Buckeye TV, the ever popular Midwest poster ticket, the Ohio Classic Lotto, 6/49 lottery.

In the OH649 lotto there are a total of 13,983,816 possible wagers. Therefore, the odds of winning the lotto jackpot are 1 in 13,983,816. To win that elusive lotto jackpot, many people use a lotto strategy that makes little sense. At least, not to a savvy gambler who is trying to improve his odds of winning the lotto jackpot. I'll use some logic, common sense and basic math to prove my point.

Foolish Lottery Strategy Number One

Frankly, I don't understand what the attraction is but many people play all odd numbers. For example, they get all excited about playing 7-17-23-29-37-49 or 3-11-23-29-37-41. Perhaps if they used some good lotto software, they would soon discover, that dog doesn't hunt very often. Here's what I mean.

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... are only 177,100 wagers that are made up of only odd numbers. This looks like a big number, but all of these wagers combined only represent 1.27% of all wagers! Therefore, 98.73% of the time, or 51 weeks out of the year, they didn't even have a chance of winning the lotto jackpot. They weren't even in the running. A year is a long time to go without feelin' any love!

For those of you that may have some doubts, the actual lotto drawings themselves back this up. In the last 279 drawings, over 2 1/2 years, all odd winning numbers occurred only 4 times! That's like fishin' for marlin in a mud puddle.

The Second Foolish Lottery Strategy to Avoid

That's right. You guessed it. Foolish lotto strategy number two is playing all even numbers. But, in the case of the OH649 lotto, you're in even worse shape playing all even numbers than you were playing all odd numbers. You see, because there are 49 numbers to choose from, there are fewer even numbers than odd numbers. As a result, there are only 134,596 wagers that are made up of only even numbers. That represents only 0.96% of all wagers. Therefore, over 99% of the time (in other words, every drawing except Christmas) the player didn't stand a chance of winning the lotto jackpot. Waiting a year just to be in the running to win requires more patience than most of us have.

The OH649 lotto proves my point for me. All even numbers occurred only 3 times in the last 279 drawings! That mud puddle just evaporated. So, save some money. Stop playing this way. Wouldn't you be having more fun playing the lotto if you were in the running to win the lotto jackpot 99% of the time? It can be done, you know. Serious lotto players with good lotto software do this all the time.
Professor Dolph is the world-famous Lottery expert, lecturer and columnist who developed LONA, your LOttery Number Advisor. For a creative look at Lottery software, go to Lotto Strategies