A statistical physicist explained that the numbers to avoid when buying a lottery ticket are those ‘likely to be chosen by many people,’ based on statistical analysis.
A video titled “How to Pick Your Lottery Numbers” was uploaded to the YouTube channel Knowledge Inside on the 15th.
How to win the lottery. / YouTube channel ‘Knowledge Inside’
In the released video, Professor Kim Beom-jun of the Department of Statistical Physics at Sungkyunkwan University said that the lottery is “a game that can be easily understood from a scientist’s perspective.”
In the lottery, where you have to guess 6 out of 45 numbers, the probability of winning first place is about 1 in 8 million.
To this, Professor Kim said, “In the lottery that is held once a week, about 10 people win the first place. Nearly 100 million lotteries are sold in our country every week.”
About 10 people win first place in the lottery held once a week. / YouTube channel ‘Knowledge Inside’
While explaining how to choose lottery numbers, Professor Kim emphasized, “There is no pattern in lottery numbers. Regardless of your chosen number, you win with a low probability of 1 in 8 million.”
He added, “If 10,000 people who chose the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 win the first place, you have to split the prize money with 10,000 people. So the trick is to choose ‘numbers that people are unlikely to choose.'”
As Professor Kim revealed, the trick to choosing lottery numbers is picking the numbers people are unlikely to pick. / YouTube channel ‘Knowledge Inside’
Since the probability of winning is the same no matter what number you choose, you should select numbers that will result in the least division of the prize money. Therefore, the method Professor Kim recommends the most is ‘automatic number selection.’
The method Professor Kim recommends the most is automatic number selection. / YouTube channel ‘Knowledge Inside’
Professor Kim said, “It is known that many people write numbers in a row like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Many people choose numbers in a vertical line on the lottery ticket. Some people combine birthdays, but there are no dates after the 31st, right? If you combine birthdays, you won’t choose numbers after 31,” and “If you win like that, the prize money won’t be much.”
Many people choose numbers vertically on the lottery ticket, but you should avoid it. / YouTube channel ‘Knowledge Inside’
If you combine birthdays, you won’t choose numbers after 31. / YouTube channel ‘Knowledge Inside’
He also advised, “Don’t spend much money on the lottery.”
Professor Kim said, “The lottery is not an investment,” and “The probability of winning the lottery for someone who has spent a lot of money buying numerous lottery tickers in the past and a college student who happened to buy a lottery for the first time today is exactly the same.”
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