It's something that many lottery players ask themselves; can the lotto be won by some lottery strategies or is it completely random? Is the person who closes their eyes and throws darts at a group of numbers as prone to win as a person who sits down and works out the mathematical possibilities of the winning numbers? The truth is, the probability of winning the lottery, particularly the jackpot is extremely small. For instance, the present chance of winning the Mega Millions Jackpot is 1 in 175,711,536!

Lots of people pick numbers randomly, perhaps choosing what is on their mind at any given time or use the random number generator offered with every lottery, where the computer will pick for you. Although there is absolutely no rule that says you will not win with randomly generated numbers, it really is said that using some kind of lottery strategy, or at least looking out for strong numbers can boost your probability of picking up a prize.

So how to select a set of numbers that can provide you with a good stab at picking up a prize? One of the older lottery strategies we can look-at will be the hot and cold number idea.

In accordance with the method, hot numbers are ones that have been drawn recently and cold numbers are once that haven't been drawn in a while. If you were to use this method, you can visit the official lottery website and see what numbers have been drawn, usually for the very last twelve months then work out which numbers to pick.

You will find advantages and disadvantages to choosing numbers using this lottery strategy. On one hand, you may use this system to figure out what numbers are going to be drawn regularly and use this for your entry. Some numbers do seem to appear many more times than other numbers. However, these numbers may have just used up their popularity and might not appear again for a while - there's no complete guarantee that this pattern will work. Some individuals may want to go for lesser drawn numbers, figuring that they have to be due a turn to appear.

There's also the Lottery wheel system. Lottery wheeling is a strategy that says that arranging the numbers you choose in a particular way will boost your chances of winning smaller prizes. In other words, it really is a system that can improve your probability of picking up a number of smaller prizes, rather than aiming for the jackpot. There are three kinds of wheel called Full, Abbreviated and Key wheels.

The full wheel will give you the biggest group of numbers from the numbers you have chosen - therefore it's the most costly type to play with but will give you the largest chances of winning. The most common sort of wheel is the abbreviated wheel that can provide you with a smaller amount of combination's but guarantees one winning ticket from the set of numbers you get. For an much more economical choice, look at the key number wheel. With this wheel you can choose just one lucky number (say your birthday) and also the wheel will give you combination's that may feature your numbers of choice.

Remember whenever you play with the wheeling lottery strategy, you may need to play within your own budget. If you're playing by yourself, you might need to use the key wheel system - in the event that you are playing in a syndicate, you could be able to use the full wheel.

Something else you may do is try playing using a lucky number generator based on numerology. Numerology is a system that deals with the link between numbers and mystical, physical or living things. There are various lottery number generators online that take your first and last name, then your date of birth to generate your lucky lottery numbers.

They use certain systems for example the root number of your first name, the number created by your birth date added together, the sum of your first name numbers and so on to pick numbers with some meaning to you.

There isn't deep rooted scientific or mathematics fact behind this sort of number generator - but it is a great deal of fun to use and takes the bother out of choosing your own lottery winning numbers!