Some lottery games display more bias than others. Tracking patterns and acting on them does make a difference. It's just that it won't make much of one. If I have a system to improve my odds playing the stock market by 10%, that makes a pretty big difference in my returns.
A 10% better chance playing lotto, however, is hardly noticeable.
Having said all that, here's one of my favorite pages from a lotto software site, where he demonstrates 'mixing errors' with playing cards: http://use4.com/Prove-it.html
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Some lottery games display more bias than others. Tracking patterns and acting on them does make a difference. It's just that it won't make much of one. If I have a system to improve my odds playing the stock market by 10%, that makes a pretty big difference in my returns.
A 10% better chance playing lotto, however, is hardly noticeable.
Having said all that, here's one of my favorite pages from a lotto software site, where he demonstrates 'mixing errors' with playing cards: http://use4.com/Prove-it.html