Lottery Jackpots - Don’t Bet on Tails #2
Lottery Jackpots
In my last post, Lottery Jackpots - Don’t Bet on Tails #1, I introduced the famous Bell Shaped Curve. One such graph from the Lottery Number Advisor called the Balanced Wager Distribution graph and it is shown below. Before showing you how this graph can Improve Your Chances of Winning the Lottery Jackpots, I need to explain what a Balanced Wager is.
Early lottery strategists observed that the average value of winning lottery numbers tended to cluster near the middle. In a 6/54 lottery, the six winning numbers would be spread out over the range of 1 to 54 and their average value would be around 27; right in the middle. For example, if the winning numbers were 3-11-24-31-39-53 the average value would be:
(3+11+24+31+39+53)/6 = 26.83
Instead of averaging, let’s make it simpler and just add them up and call this the Balanced Wager Score.
3+11+24+31+39+53 = 161
Now the lowest possible score would occur if the winning numbers were 1-2-3-4-5-6 or 21. The highest possible score would be 49-50-51-52-53-54 or 309. Therefore, the middle would be around 165. Any wager where the sum of the numbers is in the vicinity of 165 would be considered a Balanced Wager.
In a 6/54 lottery, there are 25,827,165 possible wagers! The graph below shows how the Balance Wager Scores for all of these wagers are distributed from lowest score to the highest. Scores range from 0 to 100. So, a Balanced Wager score of 21 is the same as 0, a score of 309 is the same as 100 and a score of 165 (a Balanced Wager) is 50; right in the middle.
The graph shows that there are nearly 800,000 wagers with scores of 50 (165). In fact, it’s easy to see that most of the wagers fall in the range between 30 and 70.
But, understanding what a Balanced Wager Distribution graph is, and how to use it to Improve Your Chances of Winning the Lottery Jackpots and save you money at the same time, are two different things. In the next post, I’ll begin to show you how it’s done.
