Lottery Results

How do you choose your lottery numbers? If, like most, you choose birthdates, you should be aware of the flaws of doing so. True, there is no correct single method of choosing winning numbers, but there are ways you can increase your chances of a higher prize.

Of every seven numbers drawn on lottery results day, four numbers are over 31.

Keeping that in mind. Do you spot the problem of picking birthdates?

People also see these high numbers occurring regularly and decide to go low to avoid those high numbers. Let us examine that statistic again: Of every seven numbers drawn, four numbers are over 31.

Against intuition, your best bet is to go for higher numbers. Why? More people choose numbers 31 and under which means:

• • You reduce your chance of winning and
• • You’ll receive a smaller prize if you do win



You should choose higher numbers every time. But for your best chance of winning, remove the non-random element and choose Lottoland’s quickie numbers instead.

Every day, somewhere in the world has a lottery draw. You could visit the website of every lottery in the world, but that would be a waste of time. Use Lottoland instead as we keep track of it for you. Just log in to see what’s going on in the world of lotteries. It’s easy to check your lottery results for today at Lottoland with a simple sign in. It’s all there; you’ll see lottery results today, every day.

Never miss a draw again. With Lottoland, you can place bets on upcoming lottery draws up to 30 minutes before the official draw takes place.

While most people dream of winning a jackpot worth millions of dollars, don’t forget those all-important smaller prizes. Second and third tier prizes have a better chance of winning and can still deliver life-changing sums of money. In some cases, a third tier prize can be worth millions too.

Chances of Winning

• • The European game Eurojackpot is reported to have a 1:4,943,773 chance of winning over $200,000
• One of the American big lottery games, Mega Millions reports a 1:18,492,850 chance of winning over $200,000
• • The other big American game the Powerball has a 1:5,153,632 chance of winning over $200,000




It’s important to note that for both of these American games, the second tier prize is often valued at over $2,000,000 on a typical lottery results day.

Now we’ve established that it’s not a good idea to deliberately select numbers under 31, here are some methods that might work for you.

• • Lucky or important numbers: The problems associated with choosing birthdates (because they all number under 31) is not a problem in itself but aim to choose higher significant number also. This isn’t scientific and doesn’t guarantee a win but many Lottoland users get pleasure from sticking to significant numbers
• • Line patterns: An inventive way of choosing, some people select numbers through patterns such as a cross, a straight line or even a smiley face on a ticket. Straight lines are very popular at Lottoland. Even if those numbers come up, there will be a high number of winners
• • Become a statistics nerd: Some people love crunching numbers and calculating probability. It seems perfectly reasonable to look at what has passed and try to work out what might come up on the next lottery results day, However, sadly there is no logic to it. This is “Gambler’s Fallacy” and a waste of money buying programmes and systems
• • Selective lottery pick: We noted above that numbers above 31 come up more often than numbers under 31 on lottery results day. That’s why some people choose only numbers over 31 at Lottoland. The problem with this is that in restricting your pool, you do not increase your chance of winning. Use a random number generator such as our QuickPick at Lottoland to maximise your chance of getting a better chance of a return on lottery results today.

It’s often the case that a major prize is not won on lottery results day. There are procedures and rules in place on what happens.

• • A lottery rollover occurs when nobody matches all the numbers for the big prize. The jackpot is not claimed and is added to the top prize for the next draw. Rollovers are an exciting time because it means there is more money in the pot and more people buy tickets. The more rollovers, the more excitement is generated
• • As with rollovers, a lottery rolldown is when nobody matches all the numbers for the big prize. It might rollover but will stop when it reaches a certain value. If that happens, the extra money filters down to the second tier prizes. If a cap is in place for the second, the money keeps filtering down



There are benefits to both systems. The first generates excitement at a potentially enormous jackpot, such as the handful of occasions when an American lottery has resulted in a top tier prize over one billion dollars. The benefit to the second is the potential for higher than expected prizes for fewer number matches will encourage more players.