Double Blind

Believe it or not, the lottery requires one skill: the ability to choose combinations of numbers that nobody else would choose.

The draw on March 19, 2008 had the following numbers:
23 40 41 42 44 45 (Bonus 43)

Nobody got all six numbers correct.

236 people chose five numbers correct plus the bonus correctly. This was good for a $1,193.70 win. Assuming they chose numbers randomly, this event is a 1:2,330,636 outcome.

106 people chose five numbers correctly. This was good for a $2,223.40 win. Assuming they chose numbers randomly, this event is a 1:55,492 outcome, or 42 times more likely to happen than just choosing five numbers.

Here’s my award-winning tip to playing the lottery: Do not choose sequential numbers!

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