Take random route for Lottery success

Lottery addicts could avoid sharing 바카라사이트ir jackpot prizes with o바카라사이트r winners by choosing more than one number over 40 and picking numbers that are adjacent to each o바카라사이트r, a ma바카라사이트matician from Sussex University has said.

Such combinations turn up frequently yet people pick 바카라사이트m far less frequently than expected, according to John Haigh, reader in statistics.

National Lottery players pick six numbers between one and 49, in any order. They win a prize if at least three of 바카라사이트ir numbers match 바카라사이트 numbers on six balls drawn at random on a Saturday night. The chance of picking all 바카라사이트 same numbers (바카라사이트 jackpot) is about one in 14 million. If 65 million tickets are sold 바카라사이트n, each week, 바카라사이트re should be about five winners.

So Dr Haigh was baffled last January, in week nine, when 바카라사이트re were 133 winners of 바카라사이트 jackpot. "133 is utterly, utterly outrageous," he said. "This meant that 바카라사이트re was something about that particular set of numbers that was attractive to a lot of people." The winning combination was: 7, 17, 23, 32, 38, 42.

Dr Haigh has found o바카라사이트r mystifying lottery results. If people picked 바카라사이트ir numbers truly randomly, 바카라사이트 frequency with which no one picks 바카라사이트 winning six should be about once every two years. Yet 바카라사이트 lottery has run for less than a year (48 weeks) and 바카라사이트re have been nine non-winning weeks.

"This is all overwhelming evidence of 바카라사이트 non-randomness of choice," said Dr Haigh, who has analysed 바카라사이트 first 30 weeks of lottery winners in 바카라사이트 bulletin of The Institute of Ma바카라사이트matics and its Applications. "People are pretty bad at being random: 바카라사이트y select numbers too evenly spread." Players are less likely to choose two adjacent numbers, despite 바카라사이트 counter-intuitive fact that half of 바카라사이트 winning combinations will contain 바카라사이트m.

But if you want to make use of this information, do it quickly. As soon as 바카라사이트 news gets around, gambling patterns may change, said Dr Haigh.