Iowa Man Tyler Heep won $1.00 from a scratch-off, drove to Lottery Headquarters, and demanded a gigantic novelty check. They wrote him out an oversized check and had him hold it up for a photo in a room set up with a camera and the Lottery logo. Heep used his winnings to buy 1/2 a […]
Here’s How to Find the Luckiest Lottery Numbers
Would you like to win the lottery? Yeah, join the club. While winning it big is mostly a matter of luck, there actually is some strategy to it. You can increase your chances of winning by using the numbers that are most common.
While many faithful lottery players have their own “lucky numbers” that they use over and over for years, you could instead go with the numbers that win the most frequently. Thankfully, there is an easy way to track this – in fact, multiple websites track which lottery numbers are pulled the most often.
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In the Mega Ball, for example, the most common number is 10. It has come up 13 times in the past two years. Other numbers barely come up at all – 8, 15, 25, 24, and 18 are the least common.
For the Mega Millions, the most common numbers in the past two years are 14, 62, 10, 42, and 48.
For the Powerball, the number 32 currently tops the list. It’s been drawn 46 times since 2015.
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In addition to picking the right numbers, there are other lottery statistics to keep in mind. For example, certain states are far more likely to win than others. When it comes to the Powerball, Indiana is the current luckiest with 39 wins since 1992 (when the Powerball started). Missouri, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania have also won many times. On the other end of the spectrum, West Virginia, Rhode Island, and Iowa have far fewer wins.
Hey, what’s a minor cross country move when the jackpot is on the line?
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The youngest ever powerball winner…
The youngest ever powerball winner was a 19-year-old from South Carolina who won a $35.3 million jackpot after he heard a voice and “the winning numbers in his head”.
A software developer rigged the lottery…
A software developer rigged the lottery software he coded in several states, so he would know what the winning numbers would be 3 days per year.
A British engineer won £1.5 million…
A British engineer won £1.5 million from a £2 bet. He correctly picked 6 winners in a running jackpot and bet on a horse that had lost 28 races.
In 1992, a man named Stefan Mandel…
In 1992, a man named Stefan Mandel won a $27,036,142 jackpot, 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes in one lottery, by buying every single combination possible – Over 5.5 million tickets. All 44 US states with lotteries have since changed their laws to prevent this.
When the results began coming…
When the results began coming in from the 30 March 2005 Powerball drawing, lottery officials suspected fraud was underway because 110 players claimed second prizes of $100,000 or $500,000. All 110 players and the jackpot winner got their numbers from fortune cookies.
In 1728, the philosopher Voltaire…
In 1728, the philosopher Voltaire got rich by outsmarting the lottery. The prize money was larger than the cost of all the tickets combined, so Voltaire and his friend formed a syndicate, bought all the tickets, and won several times.
Lotto Winner Shows Up to Collect His Winnings Wearing a ‘Scream’ Mask
A lot of people may not know this, but every state has different laws about whether or not a lottery winner is allowed to remain anonymous. I’m not really sure why that is, because I know I certainly wouldn’t want the whole world knowing who I am and what I look like if I’d just won a fat stack of cash.
This lottery winner from Jamaica had the right idea when he showed up to claim a prize worth $1.17 million (U.S.) wearing the famous Ghostface mask from the Scream movies.
Legendary.
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The man’s name was released, but A. Campbell was determined to keep his face hidden from the public…probably a good idea. Campbell said the win has caused some issues: “My head hurt me for three days because I was thinking so much. [Wondering] if what I’ve been longing for really come true. I had a belly ache for two weeks, sometimes I feel so much pain I forgot that I had won.”
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The big winner said he’s now on the hunt for a new house.
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This is that happiness only a #SuperMillionaire knows about
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— Supreme Ventures Ltd (@SVLGrp) February 5, 2019
Congrats Mr. Campbell! Spend it wisely…
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A woman named Glenda Blackwell…
A woman named Glenda Blackwell bought a scratch off lottery ticket to prove to her husband that buying lottery tickets was a waster of money and accidentally ended up winning $1 million.