It's an element that many lottery players ask themselves; can the lotto be won by some lottery strategies or is it completely random? Will be the individual whom closes their eyes and throws darts at a set of numbers as prone to win as an individual who sits down and works out the mathematical possibilities of the winning numbers? The truth is, the prospects of winning the lottery, especially the jackpot will be extremely small. For instance, the present chance of winning the Mega Millions Jackpot is 1 in 175,711,536!

Lots of individuals pick numbers randomly, perhaps choosing what is on their own mind at any given time or use the random number generator offered with every lottery, where the computer will pick for you. Although there is absolutely no rule that says you won't win with randomly generated numbers, it is said that using some sort of lottery strategy, or at least looking out for strong numbers can increase your prospects of picking up a prize.

Now how to choose a set of numbers that may give you a good stab at picking up a prize? One of the older lottery strategies we can look at is the hot and cold number idea.

According to the method, hot numbers are ones which have been drawn recently and cold numbers are once that have not been drawn in a while. If you were to use this method, you might visit the official lottery website and see what numbers happen to be drawn, usually for the last twelve months then work out which numbers to pick.

You will find positives and negatives to choosing numbers using this lottery strategy. On one hand, you can use this system to figure out what numbers are now being drawn regularly and use this for your entry. Some numbers do seem to appear many more times than other numbers. On the flip side, these numbers may have just used up their popularity and might not appear again for a while - there is no complete guarantee that this pattern shall work. A lot of people may want to go for lesser drawn numbers, figuring that they have to be due a turn to appear.

There is also the Lottery wheel system. Lottery wheeling is a strategy that says that arranging the numbers you choose in the specific way will enhance your probability of winning smaller prizes. To put it differently, it really is a system that can improve your prospects of picking up a range of smaller prizes, rather than aiming for the jackpot. You will find three types of wheel called Full, Abbreviated and Key wheels.

The full wheel will give you the biggest set of numbers from the numbers you have chosen - therefore it's the most costly type to play with but will give you the biggest chances of winning. The most common type of wheel is the abbreviated wheel which will give you a smaller amount of combination's but guarantees one winning ticket from the set of numbers you get. For an much more economical choice, consider the key number wheel. With this wheel you can choose just one lucky number (say your birthday) and also the wheel will give you combination's that may feature your numbers of choice.

Remember whenever you play with the wheeling lottery strategy, you'll need to play within your own budget. If you're playing by yourself, you might need to use the key wheel system - in the event that you are playing in a syndicate, you may be able to use the full wheel.

Something else you could do is try playing using a lucky number generator based on numerology. Numerology is a system that deals with the link between numbers and mystical, physical or living things. There are lots of lottery number generators online that take your first and last name, then your date of birth to generate your lucky lottery numbers.

They utilize certain systems such as the root range of your first name, the number created by your birth date added together, the sum of your first name numbers and so forth to pick numbers with some meaning to you.

There isn't deep rooted scientific or mathematics fact behind this kind of number generator - but it's a great deal of fun to use and takes the bother out of choosing your own lottery winning numbers!