Chris- I got a kick out of a guy on TV the other night saying how to increase your odds picking numbers. Of course he was selling a book! He was so fulll of BS. Many people don't realize that the numbers picked at random, your favorite numbers, picking last weeks winning numbers, using 1-2-3-4-5-6, or 2-4-6-8-10-12, 100-101-102-103-104-106, etc, etc, all have EXACTLY equal chances to win. The guy made a ludicrous comment about never using quick picks. His argument was, have any of your quick picks ever won! I never play the lotto except when its astronomical. Its worth one dollar once every two or three years that I buy a ticket. I feel in reality it takes place of food for many poor people who I have seen shell out $50 bucks a week year round on lotto tickets. I had a co-worker years ago that would borrow money from me for a sandwich, then I found out he was buying lotto tickets with my money. That's when my money stopped being a gift to him, and I wouldn't even loan him money after I saw what he foolishly did with it! Stan