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Lottery Numbers

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I enjoyed this book very much and read it in about 2.5 hours. Written by a programmer-mathematician, I learned how to improve the odds of winning by using a well-tested checklist which helps you reduce & eliminate silly mistakes and redundancies when creating your number sets. I'm using this book as a foundation because I also realize that intuition and developing your own gaming style is also a part of winning, as well as other variables.

And one of the biggest challenges is keeping organized. Simplicity works best. I generally create my draws, check them, fill out a lottery number form, check it, then submit it.

My gaming style, to date, includes numerous ways of generating draws and I've won small pots from working a mathematical approach, using Quick Picks, and following my hunches which led me to picking 4 out 6 numbers once. Besides winning money, playing the lottery is fun if you want to improve your math skills. I don't play more than $2-$4 a week (sometimes less, or on occasions, a bit more). Sometimes I get pools started.

Sick of the hype of lottery systems for sale but still want something that works? Do you want a system that is based on scientific fact but is also easy to use and understand? Then this is the book for you. I love this book! I spoke to the author on the phone and he exudes honesty and sincerety. Also his software is so easy to use. It does all the figuring of his scientific system that is based on statistics. Though the book is a must! So you can understand the system. And you can choose your numbers from the easy instructions in the book. You dont have to have the software. You owe it to yourself to buy this book, if you buy lottery tickets.

I was very disappointed in this book. The author analyzes each draw in 1 year's worth of data (52 samples) based on different properties of numbers. For example, in how many of those draws are all numbers even? How many have 5 of the 6 even? How many have 4 of the 6 even? etc. He then creates a histogram of the results and draws conclusions. "Well, gee, in this sample of 52 occurrences (1 year's worth of draws), NONE of them were all even, and only one of them were all odd! That means that you should NEVER choose lottery numbers that are all even or all odd!" He then "confirms" this rule on a different set of 52 draws.

But that is a FALSE conclusion. What the author doesn't tell you is that a sample size of 104 (52 + 52) is TOO SMALL to make these kinds of conclusions when there are 13,983,816 possible combinations. 104 samples (assuming all 104 are unique) represents only 0.0007437 of 1% of all the possible combinations, or about 7 ten thousandths of 1%.

Let's take his rule regarding numbers divisible by 4 (i.e., 4, 8, 12, 16, ... 48). He says, "WHEN CHOOSING A FUTURE LINE OF LOTTERY NUMBERS ENSURE THAT 5 OR 6 OF THEM ARE NOT EXACTLY DIVISIBLE BY 4." (His capitalization) He makes this conclusion after analyzing his 104 samples and finding that none of them had 5 or all 6 of the numbers divisible by 4. What the author doesn't tell you is that there are only 924 combinations with all 6 numbers divisible by 4 -- only .0066076 of 1% of all possible combinations, or less than 7 thousandths of 1%. His sample size is simply too small to "catch" any of these combinations. It's perfectly reasonable (and actually expected) that none of these 924 combinations would appear in a sample size of only 104.

Assuming a fair game, all combinations of 6 numbers are equally probable. What the author has done is:
1. artificially extract some number of the possible combinations based on properties of the numbers (divisible by 2, 3, 4, etc., all prime numbers, all fibonacci numbers...)
2. fail to tell you how few of those combinations there actually are in the set
3. use a sample size too small
4. then conclude "don't choose number sets like these because they don't occur!"

If the author is a statistician as he claims, he is being, at best, disingenuous in concluding that his flawed experiments actually produce valid rules for choosing lottery numbers.

No nonsense, brilliant and fascinating. Gives me an appetite for more. The best book I have ever read on the subject. Harry's software is fantastic too. It is a real eye-opener.
A MUST read for any serious lottery player.

I didn't care for the book. The book was full of redundant information. This could have been printed on about 5 pages.

I found this book to be concise and to the point. Written by a mathematician but in plain, easy to understand English. I read it in one sitting. I was so impressed by the book that I ordered his Lottery software program the following day. It's a smart investment if you're serious about winning the Lottery.

Well done Harry Schneider. Your lottery book and software are very impressive. Simple design and layout with effective easily understood results. Saw your comments on the opening screen of the software and closing comments in the book. It's if I had written them myself - brilliant! You have put in a lot of work to produce your book and software and it will certainly meet all my own needs. On the one hand I am depressed that I had not written this book and software myself but on the other hand I don't have to go through all the work and headaches that you have gone through developing it. The pro's are what all gamers want:- Handy sized book - not too onerous; Small file to download; simple design; no gimmicks; No reading through pile of other peoples' winning anecdotes - gives me the impression that I'll be telling my own winning story! Does the job exactly as designed very effectively; very fast; extremely powerful filters; a pleasure to read and use. As I said before - WELL DONE HARRY!

Well done Harry Schneider. Your lottery book and software are very impressive. Simple design and layout with effective easily understood results. Saw your comments on the opening screen of the software and closing comments in the book. It's if I had written them myself - brilliant! You have put in a lot of work to produce your book and software and it will certainly meet all my own needs. On the one hand I am depressed that I had not written this book and software myself but on the other hand I don't have to go through all the work and headaches that you have gone through developing it. The pro's are what all gamers want:- Handy sized book - not too onerous; Small file to download; simple design; no gimmicks; Does the job exactly as designed very effectively; very fast; extremely powerful filters; a pleasure to read and use. As I said before - WELL DONE HARRY!