How to win money in the lottery

I continue to play the lottery with some (little) success. Again, it is a game of chance, but you can increase your chances by some research. On scratch-offs - go to txlottery.org and look at the games that are out there. Newer games will give you a better chance of winning since not too many have played the newer games. Also, games with 2nd chances are good too. Non-winning tickets can be entered into a 2nd chance drawing giving you a chance to win some prizes.

Hello all. I haven't posted in a while and wanted to share some thoughts on the lottery. I have been playing somewhat, but not much luck. One thing that I do, though, in the Texas Two Step Lottery, is play my same bonus numbers with quick picks for the 4 other numbers. I play a set of five, i.e., I pick my bonus numbers on 4 of the tickets with quickpicks for the remainder of the numbers. On the fifth ticket, I pick my numbers and play a quick pick on the bonus ball. One thing that I notice is when my bonus ball that I play on the Two Step comes out on other lottery games, i.e, Powerball and Mega Millions or vice versa. Example: I will play Two Step on Monday (that is when the drawing is) and my bonus number (3) comes out. Well, I will tend to play that bonus ball on either/both the Mega Millions (which comes out on Tuesdays and Fridays) and the Powerball (which comes out on Wednesdays and Saturdays).  I tend to look for a pattern, and it does happen at times. So, one of the i...