🧵 using software to forecast winning lottery numbers
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 05:09:25 UTC No. 16097240
is it possible to write a program that could predict winning numbers for the lottery?
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 05:14:51 UTC No. 16097246
>>16097240
Yes, but the lottery must have a significant number of plays. Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 quintillion.
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:18:20 UTC No. 16097334
>>16097240
there are people who make/made a living off of hustling the lotto by buying ridiculous amounts of tickets for local state lotteries. like they'd buy out every roll of scratch offs from every convenience store they could, spending stupid amounts of money, and they would be able to squeeze a profit out of it. it pays, but it's work.
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:23:16 UTC No. 16097339
>>16097240
no. try horse racing.
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:54:26 UTC No. 16097358
>>16097334
Only certain lottos and only under certain conditions where the odds favor players by a very small margin like if there is some kind of cascading progressing jackpot.
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:59:46 UTC No. 16097364
>>16097358
Or have an edge, though even then, you do have to put in some work.
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:15:06 UTC No. 16097375
>>16097364
>Or have an edge
No, not or, having an edge is exactly what I described as only picking certain lottos when certain conditions are met that give a small margin in favor of the players.
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:50:24 UTC No. 16097443
>>16097240
Most undergrads do this for a project in machine learning
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:16:37 UTC No. 16097682
>>16097240
Yes. It's pretty easy.
Anonymous at Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:12:10 UTC No. 16097852
>>16097240
There was a woman in Canada who was able to predict the lotto. Apparently the time and effort necessary made it not worth it for her, since she actually made more at her job on a per hour basis.