How to Increase Your Chances of Winning the Lottery: 10 Easy Tips (2 of 6)

3. Spread your “lucky numbers” out

There’s no such thing as a number that’s “due.” Every time you think a 21 hasn’t been picked for a while, so it must be high time for it to go up, you’re just fooling yourself. But there is such a thing as picking the same kinds of numbers everyone else picks. If you use birthdays, anniversaries, and cute patterns, you’re shopping in the crowded aisle. Spreading your choices across the full range (including higher numbers people avoid) doesn’t boost your odds of winning, but it can boost your odds of not splitting the jackpot if you do win.