Every week millions of people bet money to win the lottery. Some of the participants play for themselves and others get together in a lottery syndicate. It is important not to mark any patterns or common columns of numbers in the lottery. If a good hit is really scored once, the odds are low because several players have to share the winnings. In 2011, 78 players hit the 6 correct numbers and the win was only 29,639 Euros. Two other players hit the additional number and could be happy about 1.1 million euros. The numbers were 3-13-23-33-38-49.

I also started playing the lottery at a young age. But I haven’t won millions yet, because otherwise I wouldn’t sit here and write these lines. Maybe I would lie with my 63 years on the beach of Mallorca or Tenerife and let the sun shine on my stomach. In spite of my low chances of winning, I play the lottery almost every week. Today I concentrate on the game Eurojackpot, because here is the minimum win with a six with the two extra numbers at least 10 million euros. Every week I hope that I can improve my pension a little.

In the GDR there was the so-called Telelotto. In this game 5 numbers were drawn from 35 and the chance of winning was relatively high. The draw was broadcast on television and behind every drawn number hid a small short film, which was shown immediately. Besides the actual game “5 out of 35” had a good entertainment value for the spectators. Even though in most cases I didn’t win, week after week I hoped for a better draw. But once came the day when my numbers were drawn. The joy as a teenager was very great when I could show four correct numbers on my ticket. One number further on my ticket and I would have hit a five. I should have been happy about 52 thousand marks of the GDR. With my 4 correct numbers I got 420 Marks from the GDR. Nevertheless I was pleased about the money, because one must consider, as an apprentice I got only 85 GDR Marks on the hand.

After the fall of communism I wanted to try my luck in a lottery syndicate. I registered with Faber and was in a group of 192 players. I had a small win almost every week, but the stakes were much higher. After a while, I started to work out my chances. I set a winning amount of 1 million, (at that time still DM) and divided the amount by 192 players. The result was sobering. If I had really won a six with an additional number, I would only receive 5208 DM. However, you have to keep in mind that the numbers were played as a system game and so you would have to add a few hundred marks in a special case. Unfortunately, in this way no profit can be achieved, which makes a carefree life over a longer time possible. So I quit Faber again and tried my own thing.

Supposed experts suggest the most different variants in order to achieve a good profit. Lotto is simply a matter of luck and there is the possibility that any combination of numbers can be drawn. I tried it myself for some time with the following variant. On each betting field I always ticked two specific numbers. With me it was always the 24 and the 28. The remaining 4 numbers were distributed according to mood on the field. However, I did not use any numbers that were drawn the week before. This way I wanted to improve my chances of winning. My thought was, if the 24 and the 28 are drawn at the same time, there is a considerable chance to get at least a threesome. Unfortunately, the system did not lead to a big win. A triple with 9 or 12 Euros is not an overwhelming win. For a certain time I completely renounced to invest my money in a lottery ticket.

When the Eurojackpot came onto the market, I tried my luck again at certain intervals. I always ask for a quick tip at the acceptance point. A quicktip involves playing random numbers, which the machine prints out on the ticket. I don’t want to type fixed numbers, which stick in my memory after a certain time. If you have missed a draw with this variant, the trouble is big, if just the source numbers were drawn. A second chance to hit another six with an additional number is almost unlikely. In the course of time, I have achieved various small winnings, unfortunately, the big hit was not yet there.

If I bought a ticket, sometimes my thoughts go on journeys. People think about what life would be like if the bank account was full to bursting. Especially important would be, one should not sound the trumpet into the world that a large sum of money was won. In such a case, many envious people and beggars will be there, who would also like to get a piece of the big cake. In 2013, 90 people in Germany were able to rejoice over a million-dollar profit. Unfortunately, it is not known which system was used to achieve the hits. Such messages are always an occasion to submit a new betting slip in the coming week.

Of course, I am not a dreamer either, but a realist. The probability to clear the big money with the Eurojackpot is 1 to 54 million possibilities. In spite of this small chance of winning I will give also in the coming weeks several Tipps in the hope to rank nevertheless among the lucky winners of several million euro. But not only I have these thoughts, but millions of players all over the world in the most different game variations.