How to Win the Lottery Regularly

8 Tips That Really Work

The first time is always remembered. It was on a Chinese Lunar New Year some years ago, etched in my memory like only yesterday. With a new house and a new baby, one wondered what else could add more to the auspicious occasion, bringing more happiness. Then, it happened. A high 5-figure lottery prize, which used to exist only in my occasional dreams. Some dreams do indeed become reality if you nurtured and nourished them with expectancy and optimism. It was simply unbelievable at first, as the reality of the sudden good fortune enveloped the household on the first day of the Lunar New Year in a blessed aura of divine grace.

I never looked back since that day. A weekly investment facilitated by a standing subscription later becomes a passive income pipeline over the years. It was a measure of the flow of pure luck fortuitously captured in the magic of natural numbers. Over time, it became self-financing and sustainable as winnings exceeded investments regularly over short time horizons.

Regular wins of various amounts soon encourage the habit of the game. It is essentially a game of risks, not unlike life itself. Baby steps grow in confidence to become bolder with personal maturity, research, and reflections on past game choices vis-à-vis winning numbers. It is however not all science.

Natural numbers are perfectly random as they occur. Choosing 6 mutually independent numbers from 1 to 49, one at a time by the Game Master using a man-made machine or a computer software effectively interferes with natural randomness. Man-made machines and computer software have embedded algorithms and technical bias which destroy true randomness, making them predictable when the winning selection thereby become systematically skewed in preference for certain number(s). This is true even if the machines or software have been frequently “scrubbed” and/or replaced.

The Singapore game of Toto is similar to other games usually called “Lotto” in some countries. In Singapore, 6 numbers from 1 to 49 plus an “additional” number are drawn at random using a machine. A prize pool is established at 54% of sales for a draw. About $2.8 million is “invested” in each game that is played twice per week. Typically, players spend $1.00 to play a single board whereby they select 6 numbers in the hope of becoming an instant millionaire. The Jackpot prize from getting all 6 numbers in one draw has a minimum guaranteed amount of $1,000,000. The Jackpot will just roll over into the next draw, up to 4 consecutive draws, if there were no winner. Players pay more should they wish to select more than 6 numbers or participate in certain configuration schemes.

The selection of more numbers per board, called “Systems”, are available with a higher payment, should one wish to increase the chances of winning the Jackpot’s final 6 numbers.

There is no best Toto number(s). True randomness over hundreds of games, at a frequency of 2 weekly game draws, should have produced nearly the same frequency from all the individual 49 numbers. This did not happen in any time period.

We can see this from the frequency of winning numbers (see Table below) over more than 700 game draws from 9 Oct 2014 (by courtesy of Singapore Pools). The frequency ranges from 111 for the number 40 to 64 for the number 45. True randomness mandates that they should be about the same frequency for all numbers after several hundred or infinite draws.

The winning numbers over time do not appear randomly; they are therefore not randomly selected, and the “luck” of each number appearing could therefore be predictable by data analytics and data science from the application of mathematics and statistics.

8 TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING THE LOTTERY

Remember that playing the lottery is just a game. The Jackpot win is just one of many happy outcomes. The play journey is more satisfying and enjoyable than the destination prize. The Jackpot prize nonetheless draws on tremendous reserves of luck, and Lady Luck is often moody for reasons unknown. There was a time when the Jackpot had ballooned over several weeks to $8 Million. I would not mind sharing this with a few others indeed. However, Lady Luck plainly and adamantly refused to pick a winner. Guess what; some lucky person(s) in the next Toto draws walked away with $9 Million!

Here are some personal lessons for your consideration. They may not align with your relationship with Lady Luck. Check them out anyway, as you continue to seek the right Toto lottery strategy to enjoy and profit joyfully from the game.

1) Learn the Rules of the Lottery

Understand the lottery that you intend to play and profit from, just like any game. Knows the rules in order to pay the game well. Rules are designed to order and structure the lottery for the best play effect. Like most lotteries, the rules are often biased towards most players to “lose”. For sure, you have zero chance of winning without knowing the rules; knowing them provides a less than even chance that is better than zero.

2) Know the Odds of Winning Different Prizes

The Prize Groupings have different reward odds for obvious reasons. The goal is to pursue the higher and highest Prize Groups; the Jackpot (of a minimum $1 Million) as the highest Prize Group is of course the most attractive. The higher the Prize Group, the more challenging the odds of winning in that class as compared to lower Prize Groups. Playing with the long view of achieving net surplus over “investments” means being satisfied with the lower Prize Groups winnings as you await your ultimate Jackpot win. Lower Prize Groups have more attainable odds for winning something in each draw that could also be many multiples of your “investments”, so as to encourage you to stay in the game, and not give in to the temptation of quitting and giving up.

3) Statistical Tips to Improve Your Odds of Winning

The frequency table shows that some numbers appeared to be selected more often than others. Your choice is to embrace the science of statistics (but understand first their underlying assumptions) and/or defy their trend. Note the following types of numbers:

• A hot number is a number that has been frequently or repeatedly drawn in the past couple of months.
• A cold number has been drawn frequently in recent history over a time period but from 2 to 6 months ago.
• Overdue numbers are numbers that have not been drawn for a long time.
• Mixing Numbers improve the probability that choosing numbers from the above categories is likely to increase your odds of winning.
• Even and Odd, Low and High Numbers should be mixed to better the odds.

4) Going with Your Gut

For the busy or lazy player who just wants to play without any complicated strategy or mind-boggling research, nothing beats your gut instinct of favourite numbers. However, you could then also easily exclude other more popular numbers. The alternative is to randomly select the numbers using, say, a Quick Pick generator. The Toto website has a Quick Pick option to allow the computer to choose the numbers for you. You just have to pick the gaming type or system play, and the computer will generate the desired combination of numbers. You can always reject the numbers and re-select fresh ones.

5) Play to Discover Different Strategies and Systems

Try out various gaming types or system play combinations. They have different and additional pricing requirements. For new players, it is good to discover your different comfort levels pertaining to the respective gaming type or system play platform. I have found a mix of Subscription with a preferred gaming type and System 7 adequate to produce a satisfactory level of fun and profits.

6) Play Additional Games Per Draw

It is commonsense wisdom to increase your chances of winning by entering more tickets for each draw. The math favours purchasing multiple tickets for each Toto draw session. Statistically, you have better winning odds by buying, say, 20 combinations for a single draw than participating in 20 multiple draws with a single ticket carrying the same numbers.

7) Play Regularly and Consecutively

Winning is just a draw away. Winning begins with buying a ticket. Without a ticket, you have zero chance of winning any prize. With just one or some tickets, you can have a better run at some of the available prizes. The lottery game is actually designed that way. New players often win matching “breakeven” prizes according to their usually small startup “investments”. Remember that many players wait for years before winning massive prizes. However, a string of bad luck can also be changed by a short period of inactivity. In the event, take a short break and return with a new and better Lady Luck.

8) Don’t Change Numbers Every Week

You can play your favourite lucky numbers, and even play them on every draw; just not necessarily on every board. Note that every number has appeared in more than one draws. That number that did not appear this week would likely have a better probability of appearing in the subsequent draws. Statistically, the law of probability would advise against changing the numbers every week. Note that the totality of all the 6-numbers combinations of the 49 numbers includes the Jackpot. It means that the odds of your numbers string appearing would increase with every week when that combination is not drawn. You may of course watch out for your specific numbers that have been picked repeatedly, twice, or more; and you may want to replace these but keep the rest in the numbers string. Or continue to keep the original numbers string too on a separate board. It means that when your numbers string has not been drawn for weeks, it would be a good strategic move to repeat the numbers on the ticket because of their better odds to appear in the next draws.

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UNDERSTAND PROBABILITY AND ODDS

Winning the Jackpot, meaning having selected all the final 6 numbers, requires a single board combination that wins odds of 1:13,983,816; about 1 in 14 million. It means betting about 14 million combinations, or boards, in order to secure the grand Jackpot prize. “Odds” refer to the relationship between the desired outcome and the undesirable outcome.

On the other hand, “probability” informs how a particular event is likely to happen. We know that a single combination faces the odds of 1:13,983,816 (or 1:14,000,000). Just playing only odd numbers would require about 10,000 potential combinations, with some likelihood of winning in one of the lower Prize Groups. And playing an equal balance of odd and even numbers could very well stretch you into at least 100,000 potential combinations, with a slightly better likelihood of even winning in more Prize Groups.

Mathematically, odds and probability are connected conceptually and related in reality. The relationship between “odds” and “probability” is demonstrated by the following formula:

There is no guaranteed way to win the Jackpot Prize. The draws are all mutually independent events, and therefore prior numbers combinations do not have any influence on their future occurrences or absence. You may try mapping the frequency of all the numbers to generate lots of statistics and “patterns” that explain absolutely nothing that can be validated or supported meaningfully.

There is a sense that mathematics, statistics as well as data science with its analytics may provide an element of advantage; but this has not yet been scientifically proven. The best way to win regularly is to regularly win in any of the Prize Groups. This is achievable through adopting a “Responsible Play” mentality, which promotes lottery playing as recreational, fun, and gamey rather than a “get-rich-quick” high-risk gamble. And as long as the net surplus gap between your “investments” and winnings is positively widening over time, you may consider yourself a veteran lottery winner.

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