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The lottery is hard to win. But, is it possible to make it….less hard to win? We spoke with mathematician Skip Garibaldi about how to increase our odds of winning any kind of lottery. Are there any ways to guarantee a lottery win? What if you play EVERY number combination? Director: Katherine Wzorek Editor: Louville…

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The lottery is hard to win. But, is it possible to make it….less hard to win? We spoke with mathematician Skip Garibaldi about how to increase our odds of winning any kind of lottery. Are there any ways to guarantee a lottery win? What if you play EVERY number combination?

Director: Katherine Wzorek
Editor: Louville Moore
Expert: Skip Garibaldi

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Associate Producer: Brandon White
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Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
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Assistant Editors: Andy Morell

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  1. The Ostrich

    April 3, 2023 at 12:40 pm

    The best way to win is not to play at all. Get a good degree and job and you’re all set.

    • infinitytoinfinitysquaredbitch

      April 3, 2023 at 6:14 pm

      A Stanford PHD in math won the Texas Lottery four times totaling over $20 million.

    • Justa Youtuber

      April 3, 2023 at 9:10 pm

      That second part isn’t a sure thing. Plus not everyone can afford to go to college – this isn’t Denmark.

  2. Matthew Zhang

    April 3, 2023 at 12:46 pm

    this guy definitely is a avid gambler

  3. Marty D

    April 3, 2023 at 12:47 pm

    I would like to win before I die 😢

  4. Jatin Jain

    April 3, 2023 at 12:50 pm

    Why isn’t he a trillionaire then?🙂

  5. litojonny

    April 3, 2023 at 12:54 pm

    my favorite way of thinking of it is, the chances of winning the lottery is 1:300million. if you take 300million seconds into years, then that is 9.5 years SO imagine the last 9.5 years of your life and you pick out one second, you just won the lottery!

  6. KOZAK'S FAVORITE VIDS I SMASHED A LIKE BUTTON FOR

    April 3, 2023 at 12:55 pm

    Scratchers are a crappy way to win…YouTuber Mr Beast made a vid where he spent like $100,000 on scratch tickets n only made back like $60K

  7. Flow

    April 3, 2023 at 12:56 pm

    he is literally the first ever mathematician i have seen that buys lottery tickets

  8. Sheepdog9

    April 3, 2023 at 1:00 pm

    soooo…how rich is HE?

  9. wayfinder

    April 3, 2023 at 1:21 pm

    the thing he says at ~2:20 is completely wrong – in germany, a weird combo like that came up (two sets of three consecutive numbers), and SO MANY PEOPLE had played those that the payout was the lowest EVER for any weekly jackpot…

  10. Lance Beckman

    April 3, 2023 at 1:23 pm

    Let me guess, wait until the jackpot gets huge

  11. Daniel Marek

    April 3, 2023 at 1:45 pm

    If you think about how many people buy lottery tickets, where it’s a pick 6 game, they often do a quick pick. What you’re doing there is having two sets of random numbers that have to line up. It’s kind of like playing a roulette wheel where you only have one square “match” and two roulette wheels spun at the same time. Both wheels have to stop on the same number. Now make that 6 pairs of wheels. Spin all twelve wheels and you have to get 6 sets of matches at the same time. Since all the numbers are changing technically the odds over time are worse since you’re not playing an anchored set of numbers. Playing the same set of numbers doesn’t guarantee you anything either as the pick six lottery games are very impossible or improbable to win.

  12. Amonimus

    April 3, 2023 at 1:51 pm

    Or just don’t gamble and research an investment that always gives you something.

  13. Crypto money team

    April 3, 2023 at 1:57 pm

    So how many times has the mathematician won these lotteries 😂

    • infinitytoinfinitysquaredbitch

      April 3, 2023 at 6:09 pm

      There’s a mathematician who won the Texas Lottery four times totaling over $20 million.

    • Crypto money team

      April 3, 2023 at 6:45 pm

      @infinitytoinfinitysquaredbitch Yeah I’ve just read about her. Doubt this would this possible today. But kudos to her for thinkig outside the box then.

  14. colinstu

    April 3, 2023 at 2:22 pm

    Ultimate lottery protip: Don’t play. Save the money.

  15. Tony Charles

    April 3, 2023 at 2:32 pm

    Everything is designed to keep us enslaved, and some of enslaved mentally.

  16. 1IGG

    April 3, 2023 at 2:44 pm

    Isn’t it 1312?

  17. Jimmy J

    April 3, 2023 at 2:54 pm

    So one thing that never gets mentioned about Jerry and Marge Selbee is that they spent a boatload of money and never hit the jackpot. Yes they won a lot in smaller prizes. However, that money had to be split among the lottery club they had started. Also the drawdown games that they played and won the smaller prizes have all been discontinued. So the party is over with that strategy.

    • cathy Ryan

      April 3, 2023 at 10:38 pm

      I won a lottery ticket because of the help of drrichardhome and that day was my happiness day in my life

    • Spam Mouse

      April 4, 2023 at 6:46 am

      Also relying on the roll-over where the un-won jackpot is split across lower tier prizes means that all is lost if the jackpot is won by someone else in that draw.

  18. SąɱųŗąïAƈŧųąl

    April 3, 2023 at 3:25 pm

    FFS, why does everyone hire young women with vocal fry to do voiceovers lately? Unwatchable.

    • Flávio Romano

      April 4, 2023 at 1:20 am

      This, is soo annoying. And it sounds like she is making an effort to sound like that

  19. alhypo

    April 3, 2023 at 3:41 pm

    Yes, good point at the end. You should only play lotto if you enjoy it. I don’t play lotto. But not because I think it’s stupid and pointless. Just because going to the store to buy tickets just feels like such a hassle.

  20. Kenny Siu

    April 3, 2023 at 3:58 pm

    Your responsibility is to increase your chance of win(ning). 1) sure way not lose = bot gamble. 2) the win rate is always 1/300,000,000 no matter how you bet. 3) every draw is an independent single issue = it does not matter the previous draw(ing)s. 4) you are betting on an ordinary bet if everyone is buying unusual numbers. -> 5) My opinion: Concentrate all your money in 1 single bet > separate to many bets, Diversion dam advisable: I actual won some money combining money with 11 persons. 6) share lottery > no lottery at all.

  21. loveforeignaccents

    April 3, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    So did this guy ever win? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

    • infinitytoinfinitysquaredbitch

      April 3, 2023 at 9:47 pm

      A mathematician won the Texas Lottery four times for a total of over $20 million. So there’s that.

  22. Artmesa

    April 3, 2023 at 7:34 pm

    Stopped playing after I took statistics class.

    • Spam Mouse

      April 4, 2023 at 6:54 am

      Started playing when I studied leverage.

  23. B. H.

    April 3, 2023 at 8:26 pm

    If you live in an area with a lot of immigrants, check the trash bins outside C-stores for scratch off tickets. A lot of people who can’t read the instructions don’t know if they won, so they will throw away a winner.

    • Spam Mouse

      April 4, 2023 at 6:53 am

      True.

  24. Justa Youtuber

    April 3, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    Did you know the McDonald’s Monopoly game in the 90s was totally rigged? Look it up – fascinating!

  25. Blackjack

    April 3, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    It’s amazing how the lottery works, so fascinating

    • Spam Mouse

      April 4, 2023 at 6:48 am

      More amazing the ways and methods people employ when playing.

  26. G-Man

    April 3, 2023 at 9:30 pm

    This is idiocy. What kind of moron plays the lottery?

    Also, 4Chan is not a “toxic” message board you filthy parasites. There is nothing toxic about freedom of speech. If you can’t compete in the marketplaces of ideas, then please leave and bring your stupid cult elsewhere.

  27. Livin' Rob

    April 3, 2023 at 9:48 pm

    So you’re saying I have a chance??????

  28. diogo j

    April 3, 2023 at 10:25 pm

    Lottery draws are pure fraud. If they were serious, we would see combinations like 12345 or 98765 etc. These are combinations that should have the same chance of occurring as any other number. Also, we hardly ever see news of lottery fraud. They must be administered by angels.

  29. Buzz

    April 3, 2023 at 11:17 pm

    if the jackpot is 4, 5, 10, + M. who cares if I share the pot.

  30. Random Steve

    April 3, 2023 at 11:52 pm

    You don’t win, unless you play…

    • Dayvit78

      April 4, 2023 at 10:09 am

      You do win .. by investing your money in real opportunities.

    • Random Steve

      April 4, 2023 at 10:33 am

      @Dayvit78 Agree.

  31. ChibiSteak

    April 4, 2023 at 12:33 am

    0:04 fin.

  32. Connor

    April 4, 2023 at 1:31 am

    Skip Garinaldi is the most ai genersted name ever

  33. Mariano Madrigal

    April 4, 2023 at 1:49 am

    I like that he understands the narrative personal side of it even when he understands the odds as a mathematician.

    • Georg Plaz

      April 4, 2023 at 4:44 am

      they are people too 🙃

    • Mariano Madrigal

      April 4, 2023 at 5:11 am

      @Georg Plaz yeah, I don’t mean that. It’s usually that mathematicians think about those odds and consider it embarrassing that someone would think they have a chance of winning. For a statistician it’s as if it was impossible, and so it’s like believing in the tooth fairy

    • Account

      April 6, 2023 at 6:27 am

      ​@Mariano MadrigalYet there are tonnes of people who have actually won the lottery.

  34. Stud Gerbil

    April 4, 2023 at 2:39 am

    Or go to a casino and play video poker, bet the max every time and keep playing until you get a royal flush. You won’t get one very often, but that is your entire profit margin. You can earn an return of maybe 1-2% of your investment … every year. Best investment ever!

  35. jin hyung

    April 4, 2023 at 3:33 am

    Next video: Chat GPT picks the lottery number.

  36. will i am

    April 4, 2023 at 5:16 am

    Here in the philippines we got 433 winners who bet on 9 18 27 36 45 54(sequence of 9). They got 10k usd each 😂

  37. will

    April 4, 2023 at 5:16 am

    Here in the philippines we got 433 winners who bet on 9 18 27 36 45 54(sequence of 9). They got 10k usd each 😂

  38. Jimmy Sundays

    April 4, 2023 at 4:41 pm

    This dude buys lottery tickets for the exactly same reason as I do.

  39. John Doe

    April 4, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    Mathematician doesnt understand the assignment. Its how to win the lottery, not how not to split your winnings.

  40. Ghost of Sparta

    April 5, 2023 at 12:38 am

    How many lotteries have you won, Skip? Haan?!

  41. FOOL ON THE HILL

    April 5, 2023 at 4:15 am

    Giving us advice on the lottery yet he hasn’t won it.??😂

  42. william poirier

    April 5, 2023 at 11:04 am

    easy to say math will help,,but has any mathematician ever won the big lottery? chance is just that

  43. Allen Huang

    April 5, 2023 at 1:38 pm

    You forgot the “pray to God” factor. Some people swear by it.

  44. unfluster

    April 6, 2023 at 11:12 am

    This doesn’t tell you anything about how to pick a winning ticket. Don’t waste your time.

  45. John C.

    April 6, 2023 at 3:24 pm

    *AHITE BET* 😎🤙🏻✨

  46. Tim Ka

    April 7, 2023 at 2:37 am

    I like Skip Garibaldi. I’ve been following him and his feud with Garrett Lisi since publication of exceptionally “simple” theory. Those that know, know.

  47. Pcorf Creations

    April 7, 2023 at 5:29 am

    Don’t spend too much money on a ticket. But as long as you buy a ticket you are in with a chance of winning any prize as much as anybody. Once I won $550, it was nice little bit of luck and it helped with a few things. But you could always avoid your lucky numbers and play all the numbers that have little meaning.

  48. ghost man scores

    April 7, 2023 at 12:47 pm

    Democrat retirement plan.

  49. Aqua Fyre

    April 8, 2023 at 5:01 am

    *Everyone dreams of winning the BIG one.*
    But as much as that is something to aim for – I don’t.
    My aim is to win a lot of ‘smaller prizes’ over a period of time.
    People forget – that a loaf of bread – can be made of many slices

  50. KarinSatori

    April 8, 2023 at 1:46 pm

    NO JOKE- yesterday after I saw the video I bought 1one scratch ticket and I won 1000,- Euros 😅

  51. Some One

    April 8, 2023 at 2:37 pm

    dont’ buy lottery ticket , 0ts a scam, it’s very unlikely you ll win

  52. D Reinhardt

    April 9, 2023 at 2:44 pm

    So…now I’m going to play and win the Powerball…I’ll let you know how it turns out

  53. nwg

    April 9, 2023 at 10:41 pm

    What an idiot

  54. Troodon

    April 11, 2023 at 10:47 am

    Don’t count on winning; that’s just ridiculous. But if you’re only risking $1 or $2 for a potential payout of millions, sure, why not. Just remember the one basic rule of gambling: never risk more than you can afford to lose.

  55. Scratch & SniffMoney

    April 11, 2023 at 1:41 pm

    Have u ever won any Jacpots or just bumping guns

  56. Scratch & SniffMoney

    April 11, 2023 at 1:47 pm

    Playing Pick 4 never $1 box a 6 way
    Buy 2 50 cent tickets. Two $400 hundred tickets no tax. Instead of $1 b

  57. Jared S

    April 11, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    A mathematician that buys lottery tickets. That is a first. I like him.

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