I have looked at the Powerball website numerous times over the past year. I have read the articles about lottery winners' stories on the Powerball website, as well as on news articles about Big Game lottery winners. Most of the winners won off a quick pick.
The Lucky 13 (1998) and the 14 Sandia Lab employees from New Mexico (2000) who won the Powerball won on a random quick pick. I would continually look at the Winner's stories section of the Powerball website, and most of the winners won on quick pick.
I remember waiting for months for the red ball to become 7. The last time 7 was the powerball before Christmas of 2002 was on July 29, 2000, OVER TWO YEARS AGO. I played 7 throughout the second half of 2002, along with other quick picks and other tickets containing various red balls. Finally, the red ball was 7 on Christmas night of 2002, but I only won 75 dollars, but the guy who actually won it, Andrew J. Whittaker of West Virginia, bought 100 quick picks whenever the jackpot was greater than 100 million. AND HIS TICKET WAS A QUICK PICK.
There is absolutely no guaranteed way to beat the lottery. You can not predict how those little white and red ball will move, because the lottery officials continuously rotate the balls and test them to make sure that they are equal. The host of the powerball drawing that wears that black suit and pushes the button that drops the balls into the drum must be releasing the balls at different time intervals on different Powerball drawings. Just think about it. Someone mentioned this on a previous post on this website. Imagine if the 5 white balls and red powerball had to be selected. But the numbers were removed off the balls. Is there any way you could identify which ball was which. If there EVER was a WAY to predict how to beat those odds, someone would have won the Powerball at least three times, and the lottery officials would have added another drum to select balls from, making the odds even smaller.
My own experience also taught me a lesson. I almost won the powerball. I won $100 on January 15, 2003 (the jackpot at the time was $47 million). I got 3 white balls and 1 red ball, and THAT was A QUICK PICK. Later that week, I looked at the mirror, and I decided that from now on, I should just let the numbers pick me, just like when David Edwards won a share of that $295 million back in 2001. Visiondude is right, if I am meant to win, I will. But if I am not meant to win, I won't.
Smart lottery winners form trust to claim their winnings. They send an attorney to the lottery headquarters to claim the prize in trust, so that ONLY the name of the trust is revealed. And they tell NO ONE, especially relatives.
If you ever win a lottery and you are single, the only person you should ever marry is someone who was truly in love with you BEFORE you won the jackpot!
People can talk about strategies and gimmicks all they want, but unless your ticket actually matches at least 5 of those 6 balls, you are just another person who tried to win a game yet ultimately failed.
