The worst tips for winning the lottery
More than $2.2 billion
is on the table ahead of this week's Mega Millions and Powerball
drawings, and people are losing their minds. Dozens of articles purport
to have "tips" for beating the odds, while other websites offer "advice"
for winners.Get more news about
Most of the advice is very bad, because, I'm sorry, you are absolutely not going to win.
The odds of chancing upon the six-number combination to win the Mega Millions $1.6 billion jackpot is 1 in 302.6 million, while your chances of winning the $620 million Powerball are only marginally better, at 1 in 292 million. The chance of winning both is 1 in 88 quadrillion, which yes, is a real number.
Read on for some of the worst, most boring
advice for would-be lottery winners. And good luck — you're going to
need a lot of it.
Worst advice for winning the lottery:
1. "Buy as many tickets as you can afford."
Do not do this.
2. "If you find a discarded lottery ticket, it's worth taking the time to double-check."
It won't be.
3. "Win a bigger payout by choosing rarer numbers."
This is not how statistics works.
4. "Everyone knows the lottery is a game of chance — but it seems there are certain numbers that are luckier than others."
See above.
5. "When all is said and done, using astrology to help select your lotto game numbers is probably just as good as any other system.
Well, you're not wrong.
6. "When you play a lottery of multiple numbers, it is essential that you tie personal lucky numbers into the calendar day number that the lottery is drawn.
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