A statistician says there is a smart way to pick winning lottery numbers
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Statistical research suggests avoiding numbers that many people are likely to choose when buying a lottery ticket.
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A YouTube video titled "How to Pick Your Lottery Numbers" was posted on the Knowledge Inside channel.
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Professor Kim Beom-jun of Sungkyunkwan University's Department of Statistical Physics explains that the lottery is a game that can be understood from a scientist's perspective.
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To win the lottery, you must guess six out of 45 numbers, with odds of winning first place being about 1 in 8 million.
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Approximately 10 people win first place in the lottery each week, while the country sells almost 100 million lottery tickets.
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Professor Kim emphasizes that there is no pattern in lottery numbers and that any number chosen has a 1 in 8 million chance of winning.
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Picking numbers that are less likely to be chosen by others is recommended to minimize the splitting of the prize money.
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Professor Kim suggests using automatic number selection and avoiding common patterns like writing numbers in a row or mixing up birthdays.
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