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What's mathematically fallacious with Edvin Hiltner's Lotterycodex patterns, to maximize your chance of winning lotteries? [closed]

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Closed as unclear by Mithical‭ on Apr 4, 2023 at 10:16

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I distrust Edvin Hiltner's guidance, but for skepticism unrelated to math. 1. This website is asking for payment in USD for its "patterns". Buyer beware! A fool and his money are soon parted.

If this alleged gambit worked, then

  1. many more lottery players would tout it. Lotteries would foil it.

  2. why would the author publicize it, and abandon his/her own secret advantage? Analogously, most hedge funds are "black-box operations" and keep their details "proprietary".

But my skepticism isn't mathematical, because I'm too unskilled at probability. Kindly debunk this flimflam mathematically?

I ask this to protect and inform the public against this swindle. I am not affiliated with, or backed by, this possible website.

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Peter Taylor‭ wrote over 1 year ago

It's not impossible in principle to make a profit by buying every number combination, although it requires a large syndicate both to invest and to obtain the tickets; a lottery where unwon prizes roll over so that the jackpot gets large enough to be worth it; and a bit of luck so that you're not sharing the jackpot with another syndicate. Some lotteries have changed their rules in response to being cornered in this way. See e.g. https://www.lotterycritic.com/lottery-winners/stefan-mandel-14-time-lottery-winner/

Chgg Clou‭ wrote over 1 year ago

So you don't see anything fallacious or flawed in Lotterycodex's gambit?

Peter Taylor‭ wrote over 1 year ago

I haven't analysed it in detail, but I don't think that a priori it can be assumed to be fallacious.