Since the Lottery started I have had the same 6 numbers. 5 have come up
tonight.

Would you now change numbers or stick with them?

Mike

Statistically it makes not the slightest difference to your chances of
winning if you keep them or change numbers every week - in much the same way
as tossing a (balanced) coin - like getting four heads in a row doesn't
change the likelihood of getting either head or tails the next toss both
exactly 50:50.
The only thing to bear in mind about selecting lottery numbers is to avoid
having sequences that are likely to have also been picked by other people
eg. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Such sequences have exactly the same odds of
being the jackpot as a more random sequence such as 6, 17, 19, 34, 42, 49
BUT you would be likely to share the jackpot with more people with the
former sequence. I wonder how many people have silly sequences like
1,2,3,4,5,6? I bet a lot do and if it came up as the jackpot they would
probably all get about 10p each!
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David
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