Monday, September 20, 2010

Can You Really Predict the Lottery?

In early September of 2009 the mental illusionist Derren Brown (who some seriously believe has psychic powers) shocked an entire country as he predicted a mid-week lottery draw live on national television.

Brown was so confident that he would be successful at predicting the winning numbers that Channel 4 scheduled show to be aired two days later explaining how he did predicted the numbers and how you could do it also.

The show was, of course, mere entertainment because the prediction was just a trick. Using camera tricks is not a new thing for illusionists and they rely on them far too heavily in my opinion. Derren Brown is no different. The predicted balls where always on screen. However, they were face down and therefore none of the numbers on them were visible. Through the use of a split screen Derren Brown fooled the public into thinking he had predicted the winning balls. The crew merely placed an identical rack with the winning balls on it, after the draw had taken place, and removed the split screen.

Many people are disappointed when they discover that the Derren Brown lottery prediction was just a trick (even though they are rarely surprised). Let's face it if Derren was really able to predict the numbers he would have bought a ticket!

So, although some people got excited about Derren Brown's experiment and thought they could use his techniques to pick winning lottery numbers (which were merely for show) they were disappointed when they didn't work for them.

However, what if there was a way to win the lottery without tricks that could be used to buy real tickets and win real prizes. Would that be of interest to you?

Before we go further into the simple ways that you can beat the lottery you should first realise that the lottery is not dependant on as much luck as you have been lead to believe! We often hear that you have a better chance of being struck by lightning than winning the lottery and the odds of winning are only 1 in 14 million and many more negative facts about playing lottos.

It is true that if you get a lucky dip, or other randomly computer generated ticket, or play just one or two tickets with randomly selected numbers that you have an extremely slim chance of winning the lottery. However you can do some very simple things that greatly increase the likelihood that you will win a good prize.

Firstly, you should avoid using consecutive numbers like, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Numbers that run in a sequence are never drawn and probably never will be.

Secondly, you can join a syndicate.Also consider playing with friends and family members. Syndication groups have a better chance of winning prizes when they play the right way. However, the syndicate you join must play the lottery in a certain way for you to benefit from it. Choose a syndicate that uses mathematics and systems to pick tickets or else you will just be wasting your money.

When a syndicate uses a wheeling system to pick tickets they increase their odds of winning many, many, many times! A simple set of 8 wheeled numbers will reduce the odds of a jackpot prize in a 6/49 lotto draw from 1 in almost 14 million to 1 in 499,422. The odds of winning smaller prizes are also significantly reduced. All with only 28 tickets!

Follow the above steps and you will significantly increase your chances of winning prizes in the lottery. There are, of course, other things you can do to increase your chances even more.

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