"Life is finite. Time is infinite. The probability that I am alive today is zero. In spite of this, I am now alive. Now, how is that?"

Unlike the curious example of Einstein, the lottery is finite and the probability of winning the jackpot is greater than zero, approximately 1/14,000,000 in a 6/49 lottery. The chances of winning smaller prizes are much better. That is why, in the quest for the elusive Jackpot, many players prefer to play with a well-organized group of tickets, so that they can win guaranteed smaller prizes. The book presents an interesting and precise strategy for playing the lottery, called a lottery system. Although lottery systems have been created using quite advanced mathematics, they are very easy to use. In fact, you do not need ANY mathematical knowledge aside from counting... You can go directly to the explanation of lottery systems (wheels) here. However, you might find useful to start with the following brief description of lotteries. A lottery is a game where one has to correctly guess several numbers (usually 3 or more) drawn out of a larger set (currently there are lotteries with 25,26,27, etc., up to 69 numbers) in order to win a prize. This book concerns lotteries where 6 numbers are drawn out of a larger set of numbers (anywhere between 25 and 69). You can use the systems in the book for ANY such lottery in the world. You can even use the systems for playing 7-numbers-drawn lotteries, by adding a power number (a number which is present in all of your tickets).

Let us concentrate on 6-numbers-drawn lotteries. Players fill out slips containing one or more tables with all of the numbers of the lottery. We also refer to these tables as tickets. Other sources use terms such as games, plays, or boards. A combination is the set of 6 numbers filled in a particular table. When the draw comes, 6 numbers are drawn arbitrarily from the set of all numbers in the lottery. Players win whenever they correctly guess 3 or more of the numbers drawn in one of their tickets. The number of tables on a slip is irrelevant for the application of our lottery systems.