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Is there a science behind picking lottery numbers? With today’s Mega Millions jackpot reaching a record breaking $640 million, every one with a ticket is hoping they’ll break the 1 in 175,223,510 odds of winning.

Some mathmaticians will say that lottery data show a recurrent trend and to better your odds, you should pick lottery numbers based on historical data.

Several formulas are making their way around the Web, including the Delta Lotto System. The Delta system claims that picking numbers below 15 and adding them according to a formula will generate a combination most likely to hit the winning jackpot.

There are even free websites that claim to better your odds through “true randomness.” Random.org claims to pull combinations from randomness that comes from “atmospheric noise” which is reportedly better than “pseudo-random number algorithms” from computer generated programs.

There are also apps to help you pick your winning lottery numbers.

LottoPicks helps you store your lucky numbers and even helps you generate random combinations. LottoPicks is available for Android and iPhone and iPad.

Lotto Pro generates numbers based on frequently recurring or overdue numbers. This app comes in Android and iPhone for 99 cents.

The Mega Millions app on iPhone  lets you view historical data on past winning numbers and will give you a set of random numbers for you to try your hand at.

But don’t get your hopes up thinking you have unlocked the secret to a $640 million jackpot.

Research conducted at San Diego State University show that strategies at picking lotto numbers were not more effective than using computer-generated numbers.

So, for more statistics on your Mega Millions chances, know that you are 50 times more likely to get struck by lightning than winning tonight’s jackpot. You are also 20,000 times more likely to die in a car crash than finding yourself with a winning ticket.

While the chances are grim, it doesn’t take a mathematician to know you can’t win unless you buy a ticket!

There are a number of places locally where you can buy a Mega Millions ticket for tonight’s drawing.

House of Spirits Liquor at 1341 Echo Park Avenue might be a winning choice.

An Echo Park sushi chef and his friend residents recently picked up a Super Lotto ticket there that won them $15 million.

Read that story here.

You can buy your Mega Millions ticket before 7:45 p.m. Pacific Time.  Good luck!

Article source: http://echopark.patch.com/articles/mega-millions-picking-your-winning-lottery-numbers-26684da6

You may have seen the adverts on television for the new Health Lottery, a new game set up to rival the Lotto promising to raise money for projects that tackle health inequalities. This sounds great in theory but questions are now being raised about the ethics of the venture with one critic going as far as accusing them of “profiteering on the back of charities and undermining more generous lotteries.”

Richard Desmond the man behind the Health Lottery is worth over £950 million after making his fortune though his media company Northern Shell owning many X Rated television channels, Channel 5 and several big newspapers. The lottery was launched last month in furore of publicity included many (not necessarily famous) names including Melinda Messenger, Kate Lawler and Gail Porter. Mr Desmond has signed up more then 40,000 retailers to sell tickets for the Health Lottery which is 12,000 more outlets then the Lotto.

Tickets for the Health Lottery cost just £1 each which is the same as the Lotto but only 20.3p of this will actually find its way to the good causes. It will operate a series of fifty one lotteries representing different areas of the UK and each one will take a turn to benefit from the weekly draws. The Lotto however donates over 40% more with 28p of every ticket sale going straight to good causes. The Health Lotteries figure is even more disappointing when you consider that they will not have to pay the 12% lottery duty to the government because they are classed as a society lottery.

Mr Desmond has been criticised for his Health Lottery largely because if players actually swap over from the Lotto the charities will end up losing out on potentially vast sums of money. In addition to this Garth Caswell, of the Hospice Lotteries Association that runs weekly lotteries to raise money for 115 hospices across the country has warned the venture poses a major threat to local charities saying “It’s potentially diverting huge amounts of money away from local hospice care at a time when charities are already losing revenue as a result of the economic downturn”.

Martin Hall who is Chief Executive of the Health lottery has defended their decision only to pay the minimum amount required by the Gambling Commission saying “The National Lottery gives less money in prizes, we give more. So if we give more in prizes there is less to give away”.

The first draw for the new lottery takes place on Saturday 8th October and the Health Lottery results will be shown on Channel 5 and ITV according to the official page.

Article source: http://www.online-lotto.co.uk/the-health-lottery-underfire/1340

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