Lottery: QuickPick or YOU pick, and why?

[sr71blackbird]

<p>When/If you pick numbers for the lottery, do you pick your own numbers or do you have them do quick-pick?&nbsp; Do you have any reason or belief that numbers you pick&nbsp;yourself are more likely to win?&nbsp; Are there any statistics that support one way of picking numbers to be more likely to result in a win over another?</p><p align="center"><img height="148" src="http://www.sarian.co.uk/images/lottery-ticket.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></p>

[furie]

quickpick, because i'm lazy.

[FUNKMAN]

<p>almost always quik-pik although i got 5 out of 6 on pik-6 by picking numbers on the card. i would make a pattern like the 4 corner numbers and two most center numbers</p><p>and just give me the cash, i'm not picky</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

I keep my money because gambling is stupid and a complete waste of money.

[mdr55]

<p>Doesn't matter. As long as I know my gambling is funding educational stuff.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yeah right.&nbsp;</p>

[Gvac]

The only time I play the lottery is when the jackpot is obscenely large, and I ALWAYS do the quick pick.

Once I even got 2 out of 6!

[jimmyNYC]

quick pick because i read in the paper once that statistically there are more winners who let the computer pick then picking yourself.

[ChrisTheCop]

i use my own numbers for the same reason i play in the 1st place; the day i dont is when theyll come in. also, i always pick lump sum.

[mdr55]

<p>Does anyone have the NJ Pick-5 numbers for today.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks.<img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/devil2.gif" />&nbsp;</p>

[bones13]

<p>19-20-27-30-40</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.state.nj.us/lottery/">www.state.nj.us/lottery/</a></p>

[Mr.Pants]

If you have your own numbers and don't play there's always that terror that they finally hit. Quick picks are the way for sane people.

[Snoogans]

quick pick cause i dont give a shit, i only buy lotto tickets over 100 million, and anyone who even thinks they have a better chance picking themselves is retarded<br />

[bones13]

I usually spend 2 bucks...1 set of my own numbers and then 1 quick pick...usually don't have much luck with either until about 2 weeks ago I hit 4 numbers in the powerball with the quick pick....paid 100$

[sr71blackbird]

I have always done it by quick pick, and I never won.&nbsp; I never even got more than 3 numbers either!&nbsp; <br />But I never knew anyone that won a great deal on it anyway, but those that won anything, seemed to do it by picking themselves.&nbsp; Im just wondering what most people do.&nbsp; I only rarely do it, like if its a very high amount.&nbsp;Like maybe once or twice a year, if that.&nbsp;But for some reason, I chose to buy for tonites Lotto&nbsp;and for Wed Mega Millions, and put $5 down for both, and had them do quick pick.&nbsp;

[Snoogans]

i put 5 on everythin gover 100 mill and 10 on anything over 200 but thats it, never more then 10<br />

[PapaBear]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br />The only time I play the lottery is when the jackpot is obscenely large, and I ALWAYS do the quick pick. Once I even got 2 out of 6! <p>I love it when my dad says, &quot;I'm not playing this week. It's only 10 million.&quot;</p><p>QuickPick, because they pick 'em... quick.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>when i worked at Colgate from 83-87 we had several bookies and they would use the last three numbers of the meadowlands track handle from the night before as the number.&nbsp; in two weeks i hit the number straight for 500 each hit. each time i gave the guy a 50 dollar tip but never felt right about whether i tipped too&nbsp;much...</p><p>i remember the look on the guys face as he mumbled &quot;yeah you got lucky kid&quot;... i played for two more weeks and never played again. in the 4 years i was there i only played for a total of five weeks</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[cougarjake13]

<p>maybe i'm a conspiracy nut but i always felt that the computer knew what the numbers would be and when you do quick pick it would check those numbers before it picked them for you</p><p><img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Darren%20Jakobsen/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/cougarsigpic2.JPG" align="absBottom" border="0" /></p>