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Math formula wins $13 M in lottery
Posted by Xeno on October 25, 2006
MOST of us believe winning lotto is down to the luck of the draw. But a syndicate of university professors and tutors in Britain thought it could also be related to the principles of mathematical probability….
A syndicate of mathematics professors in Britain develop a formula for picking lotto numbers. .. they win $13 million.? … The syndicate then set up a computer program to check the numbers every week.? It took four years and a total outlay of $8700, but on Saturday, the formula succeeded. Matching the winning numbers and the bonus ball, they hit the jackpot. .. The syndicate, made up of 17 staff members at Bradford University and College, bagged the big prize by using two boxes, 49 pieces of paper and a large amount of brainpower.- more
Here is the method they used:
Instead of each member randomly choosing numbers or relying on birthdays and significant dates as they had done this time they came up with an unbeatable formulae. All 49 numbers were written on pieces of paper and placed in one box. Each syndicate member in turn then picked out six numbers, until eight lines were filled, using 48 of the 49 numbers. The remaining number was then used to start a new line by the next syndicate member, who picked from a second box where the pieces of paper already drawn had been placed. As a result each number appeared at least twice in the syndicate’s 17 lines, with four numbers appearing three times. -mailonsunday
The article is misleading. The formula / method they used did not increase their odds. There is always a 1 in 13.98 million chance of winning. You can’t increase those odds because the motion of the balls is random. As one commenter put it:
This is a simple system that anyone could have used. It has no more to do with any ‘mathematical formula’ than sticking your finger up your nose.
Here is the real scoop on lottery math:
In a typical 6/49 game, six numbers are drawn from a range of 49 and if the six numbers on a ticket match the numbers drawn, the ticket holder is a jackpot winner—this is true no matter the order in which the numbers appear. The probability of this happening is 1 in 14 million (13,983,816 to be exact).
Don’t email Dr. Jordan or myself because you think one of us knows a secret formula for increasing your chances of winning the lottery.
Dr. Jordan said
Good for them. But can they win consistently? That is the question. If they won only once, then it is pure luck. If they can win consistently, then it is very interesting.
I have developed a method in 1991. And it only took me one week, not four years. And I am not a mathematics professor, but I hold in PhD in medical science from a respectable university in USA.
What I can do is trap the jackpot in one third of all possible combinations. I also trap hundreds of thousands of secondary prizes, and not only the jackpot. For example, in the Canadian 6/49 lottery a week ago, I trapped the jackpot and 360,000 secondary prizes in 5 million out of the possible 14 Million combinations. This means that I have almost TRIPLED the chance of winning.
And there is not magic formula. Simple mathematics is all I use. And I have an 80% success rate tested over a period of 17 years.
So people would ask: why then have I not won a big prize? Because I only buy a few tickets. If I had a syndicate of say a 10,000 people we buy each $20 worth, I have no doubt we would have won substantial amounts of money.
I would be glad to show those professors what I can do. I will also welcome any willing syndicate to use my numbers.
If there is a professional and capable marketing/public relations company willing to cooperate with me in a lucrative business ventures, I am willing to travel around the world and give one week courses to willing individuals on how to do it. It will create a sensational revolution in the lottery business when my methods become public. Lottery will not be the same !
Dr. Jordan.
ALEKSANDAR said
Hi Dr Jordan,
finaly one person who is speaking about proper things related to lotto numbers. I like your explanation very much since it is in total congruence with Dr Jung’s syncronicity experience! People talking about probability by lotto,simply DO NOT understand SYNCRONICITY /RANDOMNESS/ EVENT at all!
What makes me confused is mathematical method you are using, which means, probability calculation, isn’t it!? Sorry, but at this point your “system” sounds controversal to me!
Your system should be OUT OF MATHS since maths is UNABLE TO ACHIVE SYNCRONICITY / RANDOMNESS/!? Am I wrong?
I do play once a week on regular basis approx. 50 combinations per draw.
My serious proposal to you Dr Jordan:
Let’s try your system prove and start IMMEDIATELY playing 100 combinations per draw for 2 months and see if we get respectful winning amounts!Fair play?
Alex
Victoria said
Dr. Jordan,
I was wondering if by any chance i can see your method of getting the results for the lottery. my email is victoria.pullman@coramhc.com
Xeno said
“I hold in PhD in medical science from a respectable university in USA.”
My advice: Let it out. Don’t hold that PhD in, you’ll hurt yourself.
Good luck with your scam, I mean plan. Unfortunately, as the country goes deeper and deeper in debt, more people will be vulnerable to “money for nothing” schemes like this.
People, if you need money, start working on a career that will provide needed goods or services.
Some hints: Even in a depression, people will need food and water, heating and cooling, shelter, clothes, transportation medical care and ways to communicate.
Computers are not a luxury item, they’ve become extensions of ourselves, prosthetic brains, in a way. The economy will get worse before it gets better, so, cheap computers that consume low amounts of power will be increasingly popular. See the One Laptop Per Child project, for example.
Dr. Jordan said
I am shocked at your language.
There is no scam. If you read what I said carefully, I mentioned that I am willing to PROVE to any groups free of charge that I can do what I claim to be able to do.
So rather than read carefully, you started an attack.
I mention my PhD qualification in order to give credibility to the subject, since I am a scientist and not a crackpot.
Please don’t lecture me on the economy !
I thought I was writing to a decent medium, but obviously I was wrong.
You need to grow up !
Xeno said
No formula or method can change the odds of any truly random game of chance. The motion of the balls in a lottery sphere is random.
But here is my real point: Take a look at the 30 fastest growing occupations from the US labor market statistics: http://www.bls.gov/. Lottery winners did not make the list this year. Most people have to work hard to put food on their families.
Dr. Jordan said
Thank you for a more decent response. So I will give you a detailed answer.
Yes indeed the lottery outcome is random. That is why it is predictable, because of its randomness. I know this is hard to understand, but why argue about it when I have the solid proof to back up every word I said. I will give you an example. The Canadian 6/49 has 13.9 Million possibilities. Just a few days ago I created a list of 4 million combinations, which is less than one third. The jackpot and 250,000 other secondary prizes were trapped there in my list. At least 20 million tickets were sold for that draw across Canada, and no one trapped the jackpot. There were only about 220,000 winners of the smaller prizes. So using less than one third of the total possible combinations, I trapped the jackpot plus I also trapped more prizes than all people across Canada buying unguided from the total pool of 13.9 Million combinations.
This feat was not achieved only once. It was achieved consistently since 1992 until today with 80% success rate. Sixteen years of no failure !
I assure you, such results are not an accident. Most people think that because a process is random then the outcome is not predictable. That is so untrue. If you throw two dice many times, the process is random. But you will notice that you can predict the frequency of the total being “7″ from both dice. The only reason you can make such a prediction is BECAUSE of the randomness. When a water drop falls on a pool of water, the ripple effect is in the shape of concentric circles, and the reason for that is the random Brownian movement of the molecules. That is why you don’t see pyramids or squares or triangles or irregular shapes. So there is perfect order in randomness. We are alive because of the random movement of molecules within our cells and bodies. When you take medicine, you owe it’s effect to the random movement of the medicine molecules within your tissues to reach the place where they are needed. Randomness is the basis of life. The entire direction of science nowadays is based on the uncertainty theory and quantum physics. And this uncertainty or randomness creates the entire order of the universe, from atoms to vast galaxies. And what perfect order this is…so perfect that you predict with 100% accuracy when the Moon will show up and when the sun will rise and when Mars will be closest to Earth.
So based on theory as well as concrete solid research since 1992 I defy any human on the planet to prove me wrong. I can indeed tell you with 80% accuracy where the jackpot and other winning numbers will be within one third of the total pool of possible combinations. And it applies to any lottery in the world ! You cannot argue with results. You cannot argue with success. You cannot argue when you see with your own eyes 80% of the time the jackpot and hundreds of thousands of other prizes staring you in the face in my small size pool of numbers.
As for the economy and careers and hard work, I totally agree with you. People have to work hard. But I have never seen a person quit their job and try to earn a living buying the lottery. People buy the lottery for only a dollar or two, hoping to win. It’s a pleasant dream. And you know something? There are millions of people winning all over the world every week. They don’t quit their jobs. They continue do play and keep their jobs, happier to have a few thousand extra dollars to support them. No one takes it seriously enough to make it a gambling profession. People know the odds are slim, but they do play anyway because SOMEONE does win! Why not then help them get 300% closer to winning? What is wrong with that? They are buying anyway, so they may as well get closer to the winning numbers.
And incidentally, I am giving my numbers free of charge. Anyone writing me will get numbers free of charge. So again, there is no scam. In fact, I have a big chartered accounting firm willing to issue a certificate that they have seen my numbers BEFORE the draw date and that indeed those numbers contain the huge number of prizes (including the jackpot) that I claim.
So, for the sake of the truth and science, I am here to declare that it is indeed possible to predict the outcome. To say it cannot be done is simply a denial of the laws of nature. Randomness is predictable simply because it is random. That is the beauty of the argument. It’s like tossing a coin. Do it a 1000 times and you can predict that you will get 450 times Heads and 550 Tails within 99% certainty. Try it!! And you know why you can predict that? Simply because it is a random process ! If it were not random, it will be impossible to predict, because it will have a hidden agenda behind it. it will be “rigged”.
One last point. I don’t have a formula. I don’t have a system. I don’t do wheeling. I use pure science and mathematical tools to arrive to my list of numbers. No hocus pocus. No magic. No future or Tarot or horoscope readings. No nonsense. I don’t sell software. I don’t sell books. It is a very complex process and it employs a huge variety of skills. It takes me five hours to do it for each draw. My list of numbers is not fixed…it changes every single time for each draw and it has to be done fore each draw and tailor made to fit it perfectly. But is sure is powerful. Because it gives incredible results of corning winning numbers, including the Jackpot !
I am grateful for the lottery corporations for being so honest and for keeping the process totally random. That is exactly why I can predict the outcome, and that is precisely what I am counting on !
PECASA said
I am both open minded and skeptical. May i have a copy of your winning combinations? I want to see the results for group of lottery players in Philippines. Thank you!
I believe in you! in Lottory your not only Winning jackpot also helping other people. its a charitable foundation also.
Please give me your formula for winning lotto!
God Bless and Gud luck!
Please send me at my email.
pcs781@yahoo.com
Derek Kinsella said
Good evening Dr. Jordan
You seem like a very interesting and intelligent man, I am extreemely curious about your theory and would be very greatfull if you would let me have a look at your formula.
Wish you the best of luck,
Derek Kinsela
diane said
Well Dr. Jordan, it’s a year since you posted your article, can i still get your numbers ? I was working on a similar system several years back , but i hit a bit of a wall, would appreciate yours, might provide some inspiration. Thanx:)
Xeno said
What University did you attend?
Engineer said
Hi,
Dr. Jordan, I generally agree with your approach. Since the lottery is random, we can know a lot about it if we apply the right tools. By using statistics and working from an independent model that fits the game, the randomness can be used in favor of the prediction. The coin toss model you described is the perfect example – if you toss a coin 1000 times, it will land a certain percentage of times on heads and a certain percentage of times on tails to within some degree of certainty. If you toss it 2000 times, that certainty goes up even higher.
I have only just started testing predictive algorithms against the expected outcomes of the game, but have looked at many approaches. It can indeed be computationally intensive, but that’s what computers are for! I’d love to compare notes on approaches I’ve tried and the outcomes achieved.
I also agree that unless we can develop a much, much, much more sophisticated model with enough computing power to back it, we’ll never hit the lottery jackpot “every time” with a “single ticket.” That is ridiculous given the odds of game and the sophistication of the model it would entail. If such a model came into existence, the people running the lottery would have to inject additional “randomness” into the game.
But since the return from a winning ticket is so high, and I’m learning a lot and honing my analysis skills, it has been an exciting experience trying to predict an event with such staggering odds!
Student said
Very interesting…I’d love to know more about this method of yours.
I must admit, I am skeptical. Assuming that the lottery is truly random, I don’t see how any amount of science or mathematics could narrow down the list of possible winning numbers. Random is random. To use your example, you could flip a coin 1000 times and get 450 heads and 550 tails, but what does that say about your 1001st coin flip? The odds are still 1:2. If you were to somehow get heads every time, you could predict the 1001st flip will be tails since after enough trials, your results should show 1:2 odds. But the probability of that 1001st coin flip being tails is still 1:2. It behaves independently of past results, like any random occurrence.
I hope you can convince me I’m wrong as I’m dying for a mathematical challenge.
chris said
good day Dr. Jordan,
without to much ado, f u favor me…may i have a copy of your winning combinations?
pls feel free to email it here..
kairosdavao22@yahoo.com
Damaxta said
Total Nonsense.
The dice analogy is a perfect example of your blatant lack of understanding.
7 comes up on two dice so often because there is a greater chance of 7 popping up.
Work out the combinations..! The odds of throwing a 7 are 5:1, the odds of a 2 or 12, 35:1.
You have an 80% success rate using 1/3.475 (about 29%)of numbers. To increase that to 100%, you would STILL need to put on all lines!! ALL LINES…! Your current odds are at best in line with guessing 400,000 combinations…!
If you have captured the jackpot every week for 10 years, THAT, would be clever, but you haven’t.. because you’re writing on internet forums, trying to find ‘investors’ for your SCAM.
Alan said
Good day Dr. Jordan
I am both open minded and skeptical. May i have a copy of your winning combinations? I want to see the results for group of lottery players in Hong Kong. Thank you!
alan_3am@yahoo.com
francois said
sir,
I believe that lotto numbers can be mathematically determined. No doubt. The problem is many claim to be able to do that, only in order to part people from their money. I speak from experience: Believing it can be done and believing that people are honest I have twice bought programs that people claimed can work the lotto winning numbers out. Both times it was a sham!!!!
It can be done. I am not that good at maths to formulate the right formula but, there is no doubt that some mathematicians can and did to my certain knowledge. Problem is where does one find this formula?? Who can you trust to tell/sell you the real thing??
Jovi said
It is true that lottery numbers can be predicted but, so far so good i have only come across
one program which can actually predict lottery numbers and its not consistent but it works.
on fairly basis it predicts 2 to 3 numbers per draw.And one thing to note its very time consuming but its fun to work with.if any one is interested about the program here is the
name Visual recurrence analysis just google it out and this site explains how to use it
lotterypost.com and zarnia.250free.com
chau nguyen said
Dear Dr Jordan,
I’m very interesting about your topic. I have the same thoughs as you. My ideas is that the numbers are random, so they never cannot be 1, 2, 3, 4 or 2,4,6,8 and so on. By doing this way I can reject a lot of draws from my list to make it smaler.
student,
thang12000vn@yahoo.com
john bichard said
Over a period of 2 years I developed a number programs which analysed all prior results each week in the u.k. lotto and had 10 winnings in that period then I found I had a feedback loop which skewed the results. When I adjusted the program the
‘patterns’ disappeared , so my winnings were chance.
I know that you cannot predict lottery results but ‘feel’ that there are unlikely combinations like 1-2-3-4-5-6 or 44-45-46-47-48-49 . Am I wrong ???
Xeno said
Yes, John, according to my understanding, you are incorrect. The human mind is very bad at understanding probabilities. We don’t get “randomness” because our brains are designed to extract order from chaos. When there is no order, we invent our own. This is the brain basis of superstition. Just as we have a physical blind spot in each of our eyes that we ignore, we also have computational blind spots which result in our superstitious nature. This in turn makes us often overly optimistic and susceptible to scams. This explains many things about us as a species, including our over population, the depletion of the oceans as a food source, Las Vegas, and why we get so much spam telling us that we have won millions of dollars.
ARJAY said
Numbers are spooky when you try to find a pattern from random picks in a lottery. I agree each pick is independant of any other. Here is fun way to see how your mind works to find order in random events. Make a list of all the lottery numbers and then asign a color, animal, plant or a basic element, whatever you like for each number. Then try to work with your new list to pick a winner. I bet you will miss the numbers as your mind rejects finding order in things that are not normally thought of in that way.
Dr Jordan says:
“What I can do is trap the jackpot in one third of all possible combinations. I also trap hundreds of thousands of secondary prizes, and not only the jackpot. For example, in the Canadian 6/49 lottery a week ago, I trapped the jackpot and 360,000 secondary prizes in 5 million out of the possible 14 Million combinations. This means that I have almost TRIPLED the chance of winning.”
I would like to see just what this means as far as winnings verses cost of tickets. How would you pick say 100 winners out of the 5 million? I can’t imagine anyone buying 5 million tickets. If you had 5 million people each give a dollar to one person to “pool the bets” how do you avoid corruption? Are you going to provide this service for free?
I would have said I trapped 364,248 secondary winners.
Just a thought – it’s all in fun right?
ARJAY
Jalen said
I agree that using a statistical and quantum approach especially with the knowledge of Brownian (random) motion, the lotto can be indirectly predicted. I said indirectly predicted because you can’t predict an exact drawing, only a set of drawings with a guarantee that the winning numbers falls within those sets of drawings. This is done purely by process of elimination (eliminating consecutive number combination, squared number combination, previous drawings, etc)due to the fact that you know the intrinsc behavior of the lottery. It’s do-able but difficult and time-consuming. I have yet to see anyone do it though. I guess I would have to see it to believe it. Send me a copy if you may.
smylez227@yahoo.com
helena said
hello Dr Jordan i would love to have a copy of your winning numbers thanks in advance helestephe@aol.com
avn said
Dr. Jordan,
I would appreciate a copy of your book.
avishek.nagi@gmail.com
R.k.kumar said
Dr,Jordan
Could you please send me the numbers for australian lotto.
Thanks
Kumar
helena said
i have not received my copy yet
stephen said
sir, I am making a program to try to run the variables, I would love to see your system and compare it. my email is stephenschubring@gmail.com
I’m a lsu student making it partly for class and partly to see if I can win. I would be using it on the Louisiana lottery if that helps at all. thank you for your time.
carmen said
A game like “Numbers” (NY), with only 3 digits to guess, has much less possible combinations, why don’t you use your method on these ?
Nick said
Dear Dr. Jordan. Please can I have a copy of your numbers for the UK lottery. I’m not a mathematician, I have no axe to grind and I’ll give any method a try. Thank you in anticipation of your reply
martin said
i will loved to know more about your method. I am hoping to surprise the lottery industry to help the poor children in Ghana.
Thanks
Martin said
I have not yet received a copy of your method. Ghanaian national lottery operates on 5/90 numbers. I am very hopeful your method will do it all.
Thanks
martin said
i believe you and will loved to know more about your method. I am hoping to surprise the national lottery industry in Ghana to help the poor children in Ghana.
Thanks
Bob said
And incidentally, I am giving my numbers free of charge. Anyone writing me will get numbers free of charge. So again, there is no scam.
A true scientist will not only give the numbers but the method to derive them also.
Give the method or else there is no point in all these, scientifically speaking. And i’m only interested in mathematics/science.
And last but not least what you say about randomness does not make any sense at all. In a random game of chance there is no fway to predict anything concrete to increase your probabilities of winning(when money is not an issue-this is important). Period.
Yet there are methods of decreasing the vigorish for you, for example by playing a good wheel system. Of course the probabilities for that system remain the same(contrary to the bullshit wheel generator authors will say)! But you just save more money and keeping the same efficiency(probability to win) by using the wheel systems.
Returning to my second paragraph when i said there is no way to predict anything concrete to a random game of chance, and what you said about that did not make any sense, so yet again this previous fact does not mean your method can’t work. Because the lottery system your method is applied to, may not be (truly) random and may have a deficiency and be non-random(semi random) and you then can actually predict what you say you can predict.
But if it was random then NO. You can’t predict anything from what you say.
Mustafa said
Dear Jordan,
I am from singapore and its quite close to gettin the winnng number of 6 out of 45…your explaions makes sense to me although somethng is missing somewhere
Pease ontact me i can work out something wit you…at mutafa.rakhshan@gmail.com
take care and god Bless
Musafa
Mustafa said
Sorry i think smething wrong with my keybord email is mustafa.rakhshan@gmail.com
thanks
Kresimir said
Hello Dr. Jordan,
I find werry interesting what you have written, I my self have done some reshearch on lottery, because i want to prove that jackpot can be won with use of math..I started with my research 4 years ago, even tho i am not a passionate player, i had wery good results with 5 hits out of 7 , or in 6/45 game 4 out of 6 for 2 months in row, that means every time i put bet i get double in return, ofc, that is not enough for living but it is enough to play the game for free.. So i am wery interested in your research, and if you would be kind enough to show peace of it to me on e mail i would be greatfull, thank you in advance.
e-mail. Count13@hotmail.co.uk
Paul said
Hi,
very interesting comments and theorum.
There is both truth in arguememt for predictability and simple chance/luck.
Randomness is a fairer gamble than a rigged game, and if you have the finance and ‘balls’ to play big combination lists, you will eventually have wins… but for every extra person who plays the same system or numbers… top prize pools are reduced. Meaning that you are less likely to get your return of outlay.
Saying that-
a sole individual could play a system which in effect will probably recoup losses from time to time… similar to a roulette player… it is reasonably fair ‘gamble’… except the ‘00′ offsets the likely eventual return. So over an infinate period you would lose further and further. this is why the casinos and lottery organisers are not in recession! house always win eventually.
If you play 14 million combinations.. you would win but the jackpot and small prize wins needs to total your outlay… thats a huge risk, hoping that no one else will play the winning numbers and share the now reduced prize.
The best way to spend your time and money in my opinion, is to save and invest in yourself. Just as Xeno mentioned., think of a service or product that you could provide, which is in demand… get passionate about offering it- offer at a better rate, providing the best service, and be prepared to work … you will then win!
izuchukwu said
Dr jordan please! please!! please!!! can the formula also be used for 5/90 if yes can i borrow the formula
Xeno said
The lottery is random and no math formula can improve your odds. Really. That’s really the real answer. Pleading will not change that reality. The rest of this is just a “story”:
Okay, just kidding. I do know the secret formula but I will not use it or tell anyone for ethical reasons. The same reasons I will not tell everything I know about UFOs. Some information would only be abused if it went public.
If there was a secret formula, the people at the NSA would know about it because they tap, store and analyze all electronic communications. No one has a real formula except the people in cryptography who will not use it. It took a quantum computer to work out the motion of the balls starting from a snapshot of their initial position. There are only a few quantum computers in the world. They are all secret. The NSA has one, the Russians… I’ve already said too much. Anyway, I’ve wondered if it has leaked out because it seems these people found it too. No way they could have done it without the quantum computer. They had help.
To summarize, there really is no formula. Forget about it.
r elliott said
hello dr jordan,
i find what you have said very interesting, and im equally as curious’ you say you will give anyone who writes you your method, so please get in touch, loko181@hotmail.co.uk
thank you,