Many so-called lottery experts have made a career out of marketing their own lotto systems that are supposed to guarantee big wins. One of the most enduring methods is lottery wheeling. In this article, we’re going to take a look at what lottery wheels are, how they work, and whether they can help you win the lottery.
What is Lottery Wheeling?
Lottery wheeling is a method of buying lotto tickets where the player chooses a subset of numbers and purchases multiple combinations of those numbers. This system is supposed to increase the odds of winning the lottery. The logic behind lottery wheeling is that the player is guaranteed a winning ticket if the draw falls within a specific range of numbers.
There are three elements to lottery wheels:
the minimum guarantee
the amount of numbers drawn that have to fall within the set of numbers chosen to ensure a win
the number of different selected numbers in the wheel
These elements boil down to the equation X if Y of Z, meaning you are guaranteed an X-win if Y of the winning numbers are in your set of Z chosen numbers. Lottery wheeling is based on a branch of math called combinatorial design.
How Do Lottery Wheels Work?
To create a lottery wheel, you first have to decide which type of draw you’re going to play. You then have to determine which numbers you want to focus on in your subset. Then you write down all of the possible combinations of those numbers. For example, if you choose to play pick-6 and you choose number 1 to 7 to create a group of 7 numbers, all of your possible combinations would be 1 2 3 4 5 6, 1 2 3 4 5 7, 1 2 3 4 6 7, 1 2 3 5 6 7, 1 2 4 5 6 7, 1 3 4 5 6 7, and 2 3 4 5 6 7. These combinations are the numbers you would play on your ticket.
The consensus is that lottery wheeling works best with pick-3 and pick-4 lotteries. Lottery wheeling requires buying a lot of tickets to cover all of your combinations and increase your chances of winning lower-tier prizes. However, there are three different kinds of wheels you can play, each offering different degrees of coverage.
Full wheels cover every possible combination of the chosen set of numbers. This type of wheel guarantees that you will win multiple prizes if three or more of the winning numbers are in your collection of numbers. Unfortunately, full wheels are very costly, as you must purchase many tickets to cover all possible combinations. Therefore, they may be more suitable for large groups of people who are purchasing tickets together, rather than individuals.
Abbreviated wheels do not cover all combinations, but guarantee at least one winner if a certain amount of the winning numbers fall within your set. This wheel type is a good compromise for affordability while also covering a wide range of numbers. They are more suitable than full wheels for individual players.
Key wheels are similar to an abbreviated wheel except you choose a key number that you include in all your tickets. If you feel confident that a specific number will be part of the winning numbers, then this is the best type of wheel for you.
Famous Examples of Lottery Wheeling
There have been a few instances of people gaining a lot of success and recognition from using lottery wheeling systems. Gail Howard became known as a lottery expert thanks to her Smart Luck system for choosing lottery numbers. This system is based primarily on lottery wheels, and Howard wrote numerous books explaining the concept of wheeling. There have been over 108 documented winners of first place prizes that attribute their wins to Howard’s lottery wheeling system.
Another famous example of a person using lottery wheeling to win big is the story of Stefan Klincewicz. The Polish-Irish businessman bought 80% of 1,947,792 possible combinations in the Irish Lottery. The cost to do this was significant, and Klincewicz and his associates spent just under 1 million Irish pounds to purchase the tickets. The price paid off, though, as the group won the 1.7-million-pound jackpot. However, they had to split the prize three ways, as there were two other people with winning tickets. Klincewicz and his associates still took home a small profit thanks to the Match 4 and Match 5 prizes the tickets also won.
Do Lottery Wheels Increase Your Chance of Winning?
Lottery wheeling aims to guarantee a minimum amount of wins per wheel. However, that guarantee depends on whether or not the winning numbers contain at least one of the numbers chosen in the subset. Mathematically, lottery wheeling does not have an impact on the expected value of your tickets. However, it does reduce the variance across all tickets of the payout compared to random number selections.
One way in which lottery wheeling does increase your odds of winning is in the fact that players who wheel are typically purchasing many tickets. Like with lottery syndicates and lottery pools, this means that they have more chances of winning.
Conclusion
Lottery wheeling is a popular system of choosing numbers for the lottery. It requires that players buy multiple tickets to cover various combinations of a selected set of numbers. While there have been numerous instances of players winning big and attributing the win to lottery wheeling, there have also been many people who won by using their own lucky numbers or even Quick Pick numbers. Ultimately, the best way to increase your chances of winning is to buy more tickets to a particular draw and the absolute best method of doing that without breaking the bank is to play through a lottery syndicate, but lottery wheeling does at least allow you to choose your numbers in a systematic manner.
