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Where Are All the Lottery Jackpots?
Recently, in my articles, I've been discussing some basic lottery strategies that take advantage of the bell shaped curve performance of certain lottery characteristics. There are a wide variety of such curves that lottery players could use to improve their chances of winning the lottery jackpot. As with all of my articles, I was hoping to stimulate some response. Well, I got that. However, to my surprise, it appears that I have created a controversy about lottery jackpots.
It makes my day when I see other lottery players getting excited about my favorite topic. Their passion for the lottery gets my juices flowing. I don't mind controversy, in fact, I thrive on it. It is grist for my writing mill. But, in this particular case, I seemed to have stirred up a hornets' nest. So, for the sake of civility, a sanitized version of these complaints goes something like this:
The bell shaped curves are nice but lottery jackpots, the actual winning lottery numbers, don't act like that!
Au contraire mon ami
How can I put this nicely? Well, I can't. Not only are my lottery playing critics wrong, they are wrong absolutely and across the board! All lotteries follow these bell shaped distributions, both in theory and, I state most emphatically, in practice. Any lottery number analysis would show this. I hope that makes my position on the subject clear enough for everyone.
Now, you're waiting for me to back it up. No problem. If you were sitting here with me at my computer, I would play one of my favorite games to make my case. I would say to you something like this: "I'm so confident in my position that I will let you pick any lottery at random." Then, I would proceed to use my lottery software to prove, that when it comes to lottery jackpots, I am right on the money.
This is how I would do it. First, you would pick any lottery you choose. Second, you would pick the performance characteristic that interests you. Third, I would show you the theoretical bell shaped curve of that performance characteristic for the lottery that you selected. This would be an example of one of the very curves that some of you are objecting to. Finally, I would show you the same graph depicting what actually happened using the actual winning lottery jackpot numbers.
For example, let's say you chose the Florida Lotto. I would show you the theoretical curve for the last 372 drawings (over 3 1/2 years). Then, I would show you the graph using the winning lottery jackpot numbers. Lo and behold; a bell shaped curve. What happened over the 372 drawings history is exactly what theory predicted. The theory and practice fit like a hand and glove.
Shocked? Don't believe me? Do you think this is some sort of parlor game? Or are you simply not impressed and decide to dig in your heals and stick to your guns. After all, this could simply be an anomaly. Fine. We'll do it again. OK, you choose.
This round you choose the Mega Millions lottery. Again, I show you the theoretical and the actual graphs for the last 372 drawings. Surprise! Their graphs are the same.
Lottery Jackpots
Are you a believer yet? No? OK, pick another lottery. This time you choose the New York Lotto. The graphs are the same. We could play this game till the cows come home and the result will always be the same. In fact, I openly challenge anyone to show me an example of a lottery, where the theoretical graph and the winning lottery jackpot graph don't match.
So, where are all the lottery jackpots hiding out? By now you should know, they are all right inside that bell shaped curve.
About the Author Professor Dolph is a world-famous Lottery expert, lecturer and columnist who developed the breakthrough lottery software known as LONA. For a new and refreshing look the lottery, visit Winning the Lottery.
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