What are your chances?

Many people wonder if there is a sure shot way of winning a lottery. Is devising a strategy or logic a sure way of winning? If a person chooses his numbers randomly, does he not stand a chance of winning? Well, you devise a strategy or no, your chances of winning are 1 in 175,711,536.

Many people choose the numbers based on their instincts. Many rely on machines to pick the numbers for them. Well, there is no such rule that if you pick your numbers randomly, you stand no chance. But, if you have logic behind choosing your numbers, you certainly give yourself more chance.

Some strategies

One strategy revolves around the hot and cold numbers principle. Hot numbers are those that have been drawn in the recent past and hence are more probable to be drawn again. Cold numbers are just the reverse of hot numbers. These numbers are not drawn that frequently in the recent past. You can get a list of the numbers drawn more frequently in last 12 months from the lottery website. But again, there is a flip side to this strategy. Some people think that frequently drawn numbers have used up their popularity and hence may not appear this time around. So they go for less frequently drawn numbers.

Lottery wheel system

There is another strategy that says that if you arrange the numbers in a certain way; you have a good chance of winning some prize. This strategy is not aimed at winning the jackpot. This is called lottery wheel system. There are 3 types of wheel: full, abbreviated and key wheels.

The full wheel gives you the biggest chances of winning and therefore is a costly game to play. Here, you have to select a few numbers and the wheel gives you the biggest set of numbers from the numbers that you have chosen and hence the gives you the highest chances of winning at least something. In abbreviated system, it gives you less numbers but it is economical game to play. Here, the wheel gives less numbers as compared to the full wheel and hence decreases your chances but it ensures 1 winning ticket from the combination that is given. It is the most popular form of wheeling system. The most economical form is to play the key wheels. Here you have to choose 1 lucky number of your choice and the wheel will give a combination that features that number.

While playing wheel system, you have to keep a close look on your budget. If you are playing all by yourself, you should probably opt for key wheel system. If you are playing in partnership, you can afford to play full wheel or abbreviated wheel.

Lucky number generator

You can even use lucky number generator method to select the number based on numerology. There are various online sites that take your first and last name and date of birth, perform various permutations and combinations to give you your lucky number. They have a certain algorithm by which they create some root number, add it with your date of birth and some other numbers are created to finally give you a number that makes some sense to you.

If you try to search some logic behind numerology, you may not find one but it at least does your job of finding a lucky number for you. Whichever method you choose to draw numbers, have faith in that system and hope for the best.