Taking Chances - John Haigh

Winning with Probability

In 6/49 lottos, the order of popularity of the numbers chosen are 7, 11, 3, 9, 5, 27, 31, 8, 17...

Least popular numbers ... 30, 46, 38, 45, 20, 41, 48, 39, 40

The "Kelly" Strategy

In unfavorable games, bold play is best, timid play is worst. Bold play means making as few bets as possible.