From: tim werner <werner@mc.ab.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 04:31:15 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Lotto odds
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>From: edgar@spectrx.sbay.org (Edgar W. Swank)
>Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 23:43:46 PDT
>
>One other tip for lotto players:  Never mark your ticket with any
>recognizable pattern.  The random "quick pick" is probably best.
>Reason: A pattern is equally likely to be picked at random as a "quick
>pick" but much -more- likely to also be picked by some other schmuck.
>So if your pattern pick wins, you're more likely to have to split the
>prize.


Another hot tip: use at least 1 number greater than 31, so you don't have
to share with people who use family members' birthdays.

Or, like I told my sister: "The best number is 1-2-3-4-5-6", to which she
replied, "But that'll NEVER hit!".

tw