There is one controversial subject which is always hotly disputed when it comes to the lottery. Here are the two sides. One side proclaims that there is nothing you can do to increase your odds of winning the lottery jackpot and the other side does not agree. This entire debate revolves around the meaning of two words: Random Draw.

The misunderstood meaning of the word Random is the impetus behind this entire debate. It is not only misunderstood by many people but, also, misapplied in many cases. There is a fog of misunderstanding, misinformation and misapplication surrounding it. So, let's see if we can lift the fog.

When a process involving random selections begins, it is not unusual for someone to notice that certain patterns and trends begin to emerge. This is known to mathematicians, scientists and engineers alike. In fact, in any random process, cyclical events are observed at the beginning and eventually fade as time passes. The classical mathematicians response to these observations would be, 'Well, you haven't run enough trials yet.'

I couldn't agree more! But, bear in mind that a mathematician's focus is on the long term because those results will support his position. Let's use an example of a random process to see who's right. We are going to flip for it.

A fair coin is flipped 100 times. When completed, the results were 65 Heads and 35 Tails; an obvious trend has appeared. Undaunted by this, the mathematician says, 'That is just an anomaly. If you run more trials, eventually, the results will even out.' So, the coin is flipped some more until it's flipped 1,000 times. The results now are 550 Heads and 450 Tails. It is easy to see the mathematician's prediction is coming to pass.

But, still not quitegood enough. So, the coin is flipped 10,000 times and, lo and behold, 5010 Heads and 4990 Tails. For all intents and purposes, the occurrences of Heads and Tails are now equal. The mathematician happily sends us on our way with a pat on the back, knowing that he has proven that the game is random.

But, wait a second! The experiment wasn't very random after 100 trials. The experiment was somewhat more random after 1,000 trials. And, after 10,000 trials, it looks like the results of the coin flipping experiment are pretty random. And, this is the essence of the misunderstanding surrounding the word random. Random doesn't mean that patterns and trends do not exist because they always do. It does mean that eventually, given enough time or enough trials, there will be no discernable trend.

At this point, some of you might be asking, 'What does this have to do with winning the Lottery jackpot?' The answer is, 'Everything!' In the random process of flipping a coin, there are only 2 possible outcomes. It took 10,000 trials before a mathematician could say unequivocally that the process was random. In a 6/54 lottery, as an example, there are 25,827,165 possible outcomes. Do you see where this is going? At two drawings per week, it will take 10's of thousands of years before we ever reach the poinst where all lottery numbers will have occurred approximately the same number of times. People, we're not going to live that long. People, for the lottery, the short term is your LIFE TIME!

So, come out from underneath the blanket and take a look. I promise the lottery number patterns and trends won't bite. Lottery number patterns and trends are there for everyone to see. Plus, they are FREE. You can use them to increase your odds of winning the lottery jackpot in your life time. The clock is ticking. So, do you have TIME to play the lottery?

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