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

Many people 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 isn't any rule that says you will not win with randomly generated numbers, it really is said that using some kind of lottery strategy, or at least looking out for strong numbers can increase your probability of picking up a prize.

So how to select a group of numbers that may provide you with 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 haven't been drawn in a while. If you were to use this method, you may visit the official lottery website and see what numbers are already drawn, usually for the very last twelve months then work out which numbers to pick.

You'll 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 going to be drawn regularly and use this for your entry. Some numbers do appear to appear many more times than other numbers. In contrast, 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 will continue to work. A lot of people may prefer to go for lesser drawn numbers, figuring that they must 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 a certain way will boost your chances of winning smaller prizes. Quite simply, it's a system which will enhance your chances of picking up a number of smaller prizes, rather than aiming for the jackpot. There are three kinds of wheel called Full, Abbreviated and Key wheels.

The full wheel will give you the largest group of numbers from the numbers you've got chosen - it is therefore the most costly type to play with but will give you the biggest chances of winning. The best type of wheel is the abbreviated wheel that will give you a smaller quantity of combination's but guarantees one winning ticket from the group of numbers you get. For an even more economical choice, think about the key number wheel. With this wheel you may choose just one lucky number (say your birthday) and also the wheel will give you combination's that will feature your numbers of choice.

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

Another thing you can 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 plenty of lottery number generators online that take your first and last name, then your date of birth to generate your lucky lottery numbers.

They use certain systems for example 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 on to pick numbers with some meaning to you.

There is not deep rooted scientific or mathematics fact behind this kind of number generator - but it is a lot of fun to use and takes the bother out of choosing your own lottery winning numbers!