I never played before and I know that the first 5 numbers are from 1-56, and the 6 is 1-46 but, I never actually filled one out before, what does it look like and how to do I fill one out? and I am going to use 11 different set of numbers so how many of those lottery tickets do I have to fill out?
Matthew
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You just shade in five numbers at the top of the playslip in the 1-56 section, and then you pick one number in the bottom Mega Ball section which will be from 1-46 and shade it in. One playslip will hold five different sets of numbers, so you’ll have three playslips altogether (Two completely filled out with five sets per playslip and one playslip with just one set marked). I have a set that I have been playing since 1993. I’ve only been able to hit three numbers at the most or just the Mega Ball number, plus the name of the game has changed twice in the fifteen years I’ve played my set: the Money Game, the Big Game, and now the Mega Millions. I’ve only missed about twenty games, I guess, in the whole fifteen years I’ve played it. Yes, I know that means I have over $1,000.00 in it, but I’m afraid my numbers might fall if I give up on them.
In spite of people telling you that any individual number has an equal chance of being drawn you will never see 1,2,3,4,5, or 6 in a row in your life time when you are trying to pick several numbers from the same pool of numbers. This is because there is a BALANCE TO RANDOMNESS when multiple numbers are being picked from a pool of numbers. If all you are trying to pick is one number out of 53 than yes, each individual one number has an equal chance of being chosen. This all changes when you are trying to pick multiple random numbers out of the same pool of numbers. Out of, say, a pool of 53 numbers, you will see numbers somewhat spread out from 1 to 53 within the range of the numbers of the particular Lotto you are playing. The major Lotto games have you choose five numbers with a separate mega number. This being so, your 5 numbers should add up to around 150 to 165. Add up the last 100 lotto results and see what the average totals are. Pick your numbers to add up within that range. As your mega number use the number that is the most frequent one picked from the stats given on the lotto website. Or just use any mega number as this is the case where any one number is just as likely to be drawn as any other number. Good luck.
