Lottery Statistics

In lottery parlance, a Longshot is any lottery number that hasn’t hit in the last ten drawings. Most professional gamblers wouldn’t normally bet on a Longshot, but that is not so in the lottery. In the lottery, 25% to 40% of the winning numbers are Longshots. Therefore, you ignore them at your own peril.

On September 30, 2008, I wrote a post called, Lottery Statistics - The Amazing Race that rather emphatically made this point. I thought it would be nice to go back, almost a year, and see if the Longshot trends I identified then are still performing today. This post should go a long way in silencing the critics who claim these are just fleeting trends that you can’t count on.

The key to understanding the importance of including Longshots in your play list, is that most of the time you have absolutely no chance of winning the lottery jackpot if they are not included! A sobering thought. To prove to you that this is just a true today as it was a year ago, I’ll show you some THEN and NOW comparisons. Lottery statistics labeled THEN are from 9/30/08. Those labeled NOW are from 8/27/09

THEN - TX654 - Lotto Texas - On the average, it takes at least 1.82 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 30.3% of the winning numbers. In 92 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

NOW - TX654 - Lotto Texas - On the average, it takes at least 1.79 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 29.8% of the winning numbers. In 91 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

THEN - MM556 - MegaMillions - On the average, it takes at least 2.07 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 41.4% of the winning numbers. In 94 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

NOW - MM556 - MegaMillions - On the average, it takes at least 2.03 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 40.6% of the winning numbers. In 92 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

THEN - FL653 - Florida Lotto - On the average, it takes at least 1.80 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 30% of the winning numbers. In 90 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

NOW - FL653 - Florida Lotto - On the average, it takes at least 1.77 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 29.5% of the winning numbers. In 89 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

THEN - NY659 - New York Lotto - On the average, it takes at least 2.07 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 34.5% of the winning numbers. In 94 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

NOW - NY659 - New York Lotto - On the average, it takes at least 2.03 Longshots to win the Lottery Jackpot. This is 33.8% of the winning numbers. In 93 drawings out of 100, it takes at least 1 Longshot to win the Lottery Jackpot.

The obvious consistency of these trends over the last year with several lotteries substantiates what I’ve been saying. Lottery number patterns and trends are persistent; you can count on them. These, THEN and NOW comparisons should make believers out of all of you. If they don’t, then there is probably no hope for you. But, facts are facts and it is difficult to ignore them forever.

Tags: Longshots, Lottery Number Patterns, Lottery Predictions, Lottery Statistics by Professor Dolph
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Lottery Tips

Sorry for the cryptic title but I want to go back to the last post on Horse Racing, Longshots and the Lottery and emphasize the importance of including Longshots in any viable Lottery Strategies.

Look at the last post, Lottery Statistics - The Amazing Race, and focus your attention on the numbers in red with a yellow background; 94. For all lottery players, this number is like a lighthouse on a foggy night. It’s like a spare parachute for a sky diver. It’s like a life preserver on a stormy night at sea. The only difference is, this number may not save your life but it will SAVES YOU MONEY!!!

For example, 94 drawings out of 100 in the NY659 lottery had at least 1, I repeat, at least 1 Longshot. This means that if you didn’t include Longshot numbers in your play list in the last year, you didn’t even have a chance of Winning the Lottery jackpot in 94 of those drawings. That’s 50 weeks of lottery drawings where you wasted your money on wagers that didn’t even have a chance of winning the jackpot.

Here’s a graph of Longshot performance for the NY659 lottery for the last 30 drawings. This graph speaks volumes. It’s easy to see that if you weren’t including Longshots in your play list, you were beating a dead horse. Most of the time you didn’t have a chance of winning the jackpot.

Also, notice that 72% of the time it took 2 or more Longshots to win those Lottery Jackpots! So, toss the ‘Hot Number Strategy’ in the garbage where it belongs and get in the game.

Of course, the graph above is just one example of what the Lottery Number Advisor has to offer the Serious Lottery Player.

I’d love to hear about your favorite Lottery Strategies. Perhaps I’ll write a post about yours.

Tags: Longshots, Lottery Number Advisor, Lottery Statistics, Lottery Strategies, Lottery Tips, Winning the Lottery by Professor Dolph
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