On the 9th September 2009 mental illusionist Derren Brown astounded the British public by seemingly predicting the winning lottery numbers for the Wednesday night draw that had a jackpot of almost 2 and a half million.
The show's producers and television executives showed enough confidence in Derren's abilities to succeed that they scheduled a TV program for that Friday explaining how he predicted the numbers.
The show was, of course, mere entertainment because the prediction was just a trick. Brown used a camera trick to pull off the stunt successfully. The balls that Brown had placed (face down so you couldn't see the numbers) were replaced just after the draw. The balls were not actually beside Brown because he was using a split screen technique like those used in movies when an actor plays two parts and interacts with himself. It was just a matter of replacing the spilt screen with a full screen after the draw when the crew could place a replica of the ball rack containing the correct balls on it.
Although the entire illusion was very impressive and required great expertise from both Brown and his television crew it was still a trick at the end of the day. Let's face it if Derren was really able to predict the numbers he would have bought a ticket!
However, even though Derren use a trick there are ways to increase your odds so significantly that winning on the lottery seems like an eventuality rather than the result of pure blind luck.
Although winning a big jackpot prize on the lottery always requires a certain amount of luck winning the lottery is more about probability than luck and probability can be manipulated! 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.
Never use numbers that run in sequence. For example 1,2,3,4,5,6 has never been drawn in any lottery in the world and probably never will be - so don't use that sequence!
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. You can't just join any old syndicate and expect to win prizes however. Unless syndicates play correctly they will be just a drain on any potential winnings.
However if the syndicate uses a wheeling system to pick its lottery tickets then you can reduce your odds of winning by many millions. A set of wheeled numbers in a 6 from 49 draw that have 8 number picks will cost the price of only 28 tickets yet it will reduce the odds against you from 14 million to 1 to only half a million to 1!
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.
The show's producers and television executives showed enough confidence in Derren's abilities to succeed that they scheduled a TV program for that Friday explaining how he predicted the numbers.
The show was, of course, mere entertainment because the prediction was just a trick. Brown used a camera trick to pull off the stunt successfully. The balls that Brown had placed (face down so you couldn't see the numbers) were replaced just after the draw. The balls were not actually beside Brown because he was using a split screen technique like those used in movies when an actor plays two parts and interacts with himself. It was just a matter of replacing the spilt screen with a full screen after the draw when the crew could place a replica of the ball rack containing the correct balls on it.
Although the entire illusion was very impressive and required great expertise from both Brown and his television crew it was still a trick at the end of the day. Let's face it if Derren was really able to predict the numbers he would have bought a ticket!
However, even though Derren use a trick there are ways to increase your odds so significantly that winning on the lottery seems like an eventuality rather than the result of pure blind luck.
Although winning a big jackpot prize on the lottery always requires a certain amount of luck winning the lottery is more about probability than luck and probability can be manipulated! 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.
Never use numbers that run in sequence. For example 1,2,3,4,5,6 has never been drawn in any lottery in the world and probably never will be - so don't use that sequence!
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. You can't just join any old syndicate and expect to win prizes however. Unless syndicates play correctly they will be just a drain on any potential winnings.
However if the syndicate uses a wheeling system to pick its lottery tickets then you can reduce your odds of winning by many millions. A set of wheeled numbers in a 6 from 49 draw that have 8 number picks will cost the price of only 28 tickets yet it will reduce the odds against you from 14 million to 1 to only half a million to 1!
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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