On Monday 30 June 2003 03:13 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> Well, I saw you got an answer, now don't bet on it like I infer
> you're fixin too ;) A knowledge, even intuitively, of random
> mathematics, theory of chaos, would suggest that past numbers would
> be more unlikely to turn up than those in future sets? More likely
> to included? Answer is No to both, but what t'hey, try usin those
> sorted numbers, or avoid usin 'em. Tickets don't cost much, but
> buyin multiple tickets only increases your losses, not your chances
> in any appreciable sense. Worst way to decrease chances is usin the
> same number set all the time. Specially if they would'a won the one
> time you forgot to play 'em ;>
Ya know, there is a family in our county that used the same number from the
time that the Lottery started here in Kentucky. Played it straight thru,
every drawing for about 3 years before getting disgusted and quitting.
IIRC, the next week their number came up. Talk about some heart-broken people!
It made the newspaper in a small article....
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