My Saturday Lotto ticket came out in a weird pattern and I can't
Picked my own numbers a few weeks back and did the exact same thing, ended up with a near-diagonal strip down the slip and my mate reckons I subconsciously aimed for it. Dunno how that works when you're just punching in birthdays and favourite numbers, but the human brain loves finding shapes in nothing 😭
Honestly I'd guess most Saturday Lotto players are on quickpicks anyway, way easier. Only thing that matters is the payout, and pattern or no pattern the odds on division one don't care about your ticket art. Still hand-picked again this week out of stubbornness, didn't hit obviously, but a small div win covered the entry so I'll take it. Anyone else notice their quickpicks cluster weird too? 🎰
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Do you reckon the machine would've given you a cleaner spread than a diagonal? 😅 Maybe I'm being dumb but I always quickpick, feels safer somehow 🤷
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no such thing as safer with a quickpick, youngfella - every combination has the same chance whether the machine spits it out or you circle it at the kitchen table with your cuppa. the balls don't care how the numbers got on your slip. i've hand-picked since the Queen of the Nile days out of pure stubbornness and it's won me precisely the same as the auto ones: not much 😄
the diagonal thing though, that's the funny part of the brain doing its trick. you stare at a grid long enough and it starts arranging itself like wallpaper. turned 50 into 5k at the club once on a hunch pick and still reckon it was half luck, half me talking myself into it. pick your own if it makes the saturday more fun, that's the real dividend. ah well, we grind on
SamJackpot is right - every line has the same odds, pattern or quickpick. Only real difference: pick a popular pattern and you'll share the jackpot with half the country if it lands.
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Sam's got it spot on, the balls couldn't care less how the numbers landed on your slip. My own caveat: the only real trap with hand-picking is exactly what Model_Sheet said, I once marked birthdays and corners on a Saturday Lotto entry and when my numbers came up in a small division, I split it with two other punters who'd clearly done the same maths. If you win anything decent with a pattern, the screenshot of the payout lands in this thread, or I don't believe it.
This thread has cured me of my birthday numbers habit 😬 Servo's story about splitting a small division is exactly the nightmare. I only started picking my own a couple weeks back and I swear my slips always end up clustered - maybe the brain just can't do random. Thanks Sam for the breakdown on odds though, that helps 🙏
Same lesson every game really - on the pokies I set my bet per spin before I sit down so I don't freestyle mid-session, and Lotto should be the same: quickpick, fixed spend, walk away. That split-division story is the nightmare scenario, sharing a division with every birthday picker in the country. Quickpick for me from now on, odds are identical anyway. 🎰
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
Yeah the brain clustering thing is real, my quickpicks feel way more scattered than anything I'd mark myself 😂 I still hand-pick on Saturday Lotto anyway just for the fun of it, but after Servo's story I keep the birthdays off the slip, sharing a division with every other birthday punter sounds like the worst kind of win 🫠
Yeah the brain clustering thing is real, my quickpicks feel way more scattered than anything I'd mark myself 😂 I still hand-pick on Saturday Lotto anyway just for the fun of it, but after Servo's story I keep the birthda…
@ChrisSpins hand-picking for fun is fair enough, the ticket costs the same either way and the odds don't care. Just remember the payout side of Saturday Lotto is parimutuel, if your "fun" numbers land on a popular combo, you're splitting the prize with a thousand other punters. Same trick as the pokies at Crown: the house doesn't gimp your chances, the crowd does.
RTP doesn't lie, win screenshots do.
Same lesson every game really - on the pokies I set my bet per spin before I sit down so I don't freestyle mid-session, and Lotto should be the same: quickpick, fixed spend, walk away. That split-division story is the ni…
@Royal_Chaser spot on, the parimutuel bit gets ignored. Half these punters brag about a "big win" that's actually A$11 shared twelve ways 😂 did anyone here even withdraw the lotto money?
@Royal_Chaser yeah the parimutuel side is the bit no one thinks about till it's too late 😂 same reason I stick to Lightning Link on the pokies over lotto, at least a pokie jackpot is all yours when it lands, no splitting it with half of Tassie who picked their nan's birthday 🤣
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
A$11 split twelve ways 😂 I hit big on Lightning Link last night and the whole jackpot was MINE, no nan's birthday required 🤑 Still buy a Saturday Lotto ticket tho... ah well 🎰🔥
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
@VegasDivaBonus the "whole jackpot mine" bit is exactly why the pokies feel better, even though the expected return on Saturday Lotto is arguably kinder on a small spin sample. I still keep my two lines of birthdays in the syndicate at work, purely because the Saturday night check is a ritual, not an investment. Twelve ways split though, ouch.
Do the EV, then spin.
Chasing birthdays in Saturday Lotto is buying half the prize pool, no thanks. Same reason I keep pokies sessions tight, bet per spin locked before I sit down, walk when it's done. 💸
Chasing birthdays in Saturday Lotto is buying half the prize pool, no thanks. Same reason I keep pokies sessions tight, bet per spin locked before I sit down, walk when it's done. 💸
Love how disciplined you are, @Wollongong\_True, honestly. But seriously, even with the limits, hitting a big win on my all-time favourite slot is just pure magic, innit? The rush when that big jackpot drops is everything 🤩.
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lol my Saturday Lotto ticket is always birthdays too 😂 maybe that's why I never win. Lightning Link at the local still hits different, whole jackpot to yourself 🔥
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Chasing birthdays in Saturday Lotto is buying half the prize pool, no thanks. Same reason I keep pokies sessions tight, bet per spin locked before I sit down, walk when it's done. 💸
Spot on with the sessions, @Wollongong_True. I swear I tell myself to stick to the limit but then I always think "just one more spin" and end up donating it all to the casino again. Respect for setting boundaries before you even start, even if my brain is a goblin that craves more tokens 😂.
lol my Saturday Lotto ticket is always birthdays too 😂 maybe that's why I never win. Lightning Link at the local still hits different, whole jackpot to yourself 🔥
The obsession with patterns in the Saturday Lotto is just another way people try to give agency to something completely random. Just because your numbers relate to your birthday doesn't mean the draw mechanism is favour you or against you.
As for the whole jackpot feeling special at the local, it's just programming at work. That huge flash of lights and the promise of a massive payout is the casino ensuring you've felt that dopamine hit one more time before the next round drains your bankroll. A 'big win' is really just a carefully calculated loss designed to keep the punter coming back.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
Love how disciplined you are, @Wollongong\_True, honestly. But seriously, even with the limits, hitting a big win on my all-time favourite slot is just pure magic, innit? The rush when that big jackpot drops is everythin…
@LuckyStreakHunter spot on. The balls don't know your anniversary. I've kept a spreadsheet on my own lotto picks for a couple of years out of curiosity, and the pattern it shows is my wallet slowly heading south. Pick birthdays if it's fun, just don't expect the machine to tip the odds your way.
Hype isn't a payout.
LuckyStreakHunter is spot on, the machine doesn't know your birthday. Half these "patterns" are just a punter reverse-engineering their losses 😏
A paper win won't feed you.
Honestly I do the same with Saturday Lotto, picking birthdays then convincing myself it means something 😅. Is the draw really just pure random every week?
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