It's an issue that many lottery players ask themselves; can the lotto be won by some lottery strategies or is it completely random? Is the individual that closes their eyes and throws darts at a set of numbers as more likely to win as somebody that sits down and works out the mathematical possibilities of the winning numbers? The truth is, the prospects of winning the lottery, especially the jackpot is exceedingly small. One example is the current chance of winning the Mega Millions Jackpot is 1 in 175,711,536!

Many individuals 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's absolutely no rule that says you won't win with randomly generated numbers, it really is said that using some sort of lottery strategy, or at least looking out for strong numbers can enhance your chances of picking up a prize.

Now how to select a set of numbers which will give you a good stab at picking up a prize? One of the older lottery strategies we can look-at is the hot and cold number idea.

As outlined by the method, hot numbers are ones which have been drawn recently and cold numbers are once that have not been drawn in a while. If you were to use this method, you could visit the official lottery website and find out what numbers happen to be drawn, usually for the last 12 months then work out which numbers to pick.

There are advantages and disadvantages to choosing numbers using this lottery strategy. On one hand, you could use this system to figure out what numbers are being drawn regularly and use this for your entry. Some numbers do seem to appear many more times than other numbers. On the flip side, 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. A lot of people may want to go for lesser drawn numbers, figuring that they must 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 certain way will boost your prospects of winning smaller prizes. Put simply, it is a system that will boost your prospects of picking up a range of smaller prizes, rather than aiming for the jackpot. You'll find three kinds of wheel called Full, Abbreviated and Key wheels.

The full wheel will give you the biggest set of numbers from the numbers you've got chosen - it is therefore the most costly type to play with but will give you the largest probability of winning. The most common type of wheel will be the abbreviated wheel which will provide you with a smaller amount of combination's but guarantees one winning ticket from the group of numbers you get. For an much more economical choice, think about the key number wheel. With this wheel you may 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 when you play with the wheeling lottery strategy, you need to play within your own budget. In the event that you are playing by yourself, you may need to use the key wheel system - in the event you are playing in a syndicate, you could be able to use the full wheel.

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

They use certain systems such as 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 forth to pick numbers with some meaning to you.

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