From: edgar@spectrx.sbay.org (Edgar W. Swank) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 23:43:46 PDT

One other tip for lotto players: Never mark your ticket with any recognizable pattern. The random "quick pick" is probably best. Reason: A pattern is equally likely to be picked at random as a "quick pick" but much -more- likely to also be picked by some other schmuck. So if your pattern pick wins, you're more likely to have to split the prize.

Another hot tip: use at least 1 number greater than 31, so you don't have to share with people who use family members' birthdays. Or, like I told my sister: "The best number is 1-2-3-4-5-6", to which she replied, "But that'll NEVER hit!". tw