WINNING NUMBERS

I’m a mathematician – my lottery ticket trick is a ‘guaranteed way to win cash’ but I never bother to play

"This means a lot of numbers can't appear a lot of times."

EARLIER this year, math experts David Cushing and David Stewart worked out a way to guarantee they could win lottery money.

The mathematicians based their theory on the UK lottery game called Lotto, which involves choosing six random numbers from 1 to 59.

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Dr. David Stewart was one of the experts who worked on the studyCredit: University of Manchester
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The study stated: "The minimum number of tickets of size six which are needed to match at least two balls on any draw of size six is precisely 27."

Any less than 27 tickets could result in a loss.

Dr Stewart explained: "Fundamentally there is a tension which comes from the fact that there are only 156 entries on 26 tickets.

"This means a lot of numbers can't appear a lot of times.

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