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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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trichoplax‭ wrote over 1 year ago
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I agree this question should be closed. Analysing a long article seems a better fit for a blog than an answer on this site.

As Peter Taylor pointed out, it is possible to profit from some lotteries. However, lotteries close loopholes over time, particularly loopholes that have been made public. It is possible, but unlikely, that a method you find published online will be effective.

I have read through this particular method. It is not effective. If you are looking to profit from a lottery, this method is not going to help you.

If you see this more as an exercise in understanding why a claim is false, then you may find it useful to look at a specific claim and try to work out what is wrong with it. If you get stuck, asking about one specific claim will make a better question to post here than asking about the whole article (which contains a variety of false claims and contradictions).

For example, you could look at the claim that choosing 3 odd and 3 even numbers is beneficial.