What numbers most commonly come up on lottery drawings?

Answer 1

If you go on to the national lottery website, it will tell you the most frequently drawn numbers.

AnswerThere is more to this question than might first appear. A "rigid" mathematical answer would probably suggest that, in the long run, there would be an equal distribution of probability as regards the appearance of a given number. But what about slight variances in the mechanics of number selection? The idea of "equal probability" assumes no mechanical bias, assumes there is a perfect machine that generates the numbers. There isn't. And remember that this isn't the long run. It's the short run. There haven't been so many drawings that the probability curve can "flatten out" as would be expected over time, even with machinery that isn't "biased" toward or against a number or numbers. There is a lot of "thinking" room on this one.

The fact that the machine, it's parts, or the balls, could change at any time could also skew probabilities over time. Still, the slight degree to which the lottery machine exerts any sort of non-random bias in number picks is probably insignificant in its affect of the expected value of a ticket. If it wasn't, you could bet your pants that we'd have some incredibly rich statisticians walking around.

The original post refers to the National Lottery in the UK, and a link is provided to the page where the most frequently (and least frequently) drawn numbers can be reviewed.

Answer

For Australian lotteries, you can see current statistics for the most frequently drawn numbers at the link below. Just click on the "Statistics" link in the right-hand side meny.

Answer 2

There are none, don't use this as a way to play the odds. Watch the Penn and Teller special about numbers.

Classic example, and you can try this at home: Flip a coin, 50% is heads and 50% tails, right? But what happens if you flip it and it lands on heads 6 times in a row? The answer is no, the odds are still 50%.

Some people obsess over this, but there are no "Most Common" numbers. They typically lose money using that strategy. If they're making money, then they're using something else they aren't telling you about.

Answer 3

Winning the lottery is the most common wish of all people. However, the chances of winning the lottery are fewer than one percent. All lottery ticket buyers believe at some point that they can be that "fewer than one percent" to live a life of glamour and riches. There are some numbers in the lottery that seem to win more than others.Someone can go crazy, or even broke, from obsessing over

Answer 4

It depends on the particular lottery you're talking about. However, in any fair lottery, the chances of any given number coming up are exactly the same as the chances of any other number coming up.

Answer 5

Some of the most popular lottery numbers that people choose include 48, 4, 10, 5, 35 and 17. Those who choose numbers from people's birthdays, usually have the odds against them.

Answer 6

The most drawn lottery numbers are 38, 23, 31, 25, 43, 33 and 44. These seven numbers are the the top numbers to pop up in the 1758 draws in the National Lottery Launch since 1994.

Answer 7

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