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Can you improve your Powerball odds?

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    Tips from multiple lottery winner

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-- million reasons for you get out of bed this morning the jackpot for this week's powerball jackpot being increased again to perhaps the largest amount.

History ordered 25.

Million dollars so how can you increase your odds and win it.

I'm gonna pay special attention to this next guest he's hit the jackpot seven times Richard lustig the author of learn how to increase your chances of winning lottery joins us now live from Orlando.

Good morning Richard okay what is the trick I think I remember from speaking to before.

Do you always pick the same numbers.

Yes always -- the same numbers.

Don't play quick picks.

When you play quick pick.

Your odds are always going to be at their worst now.

When I give this advice that is one thing that's always seems to be be a little misleading to the folks out there listening or watching.

I'm talking about.

Regular players vs casual players casual players people that just play once in -- This really did it doesn't matter what you do you muzzled by quick picks -- you want to but if you're a regular player you know you don't -- quick -- you play regular numbers.

There's this there's a method to it.

And it will increase your chances of winning by Richard has -- so many of the game right now forcing almost I have billion dollars are out there.

For somebody what does that mean to how you play.

-- four regular player or or or Jabber like average person watching -- will -- -- Ike have made a casual player really the only thing they can do is just -- they can -- quick -- -- you want.

But here's one of the most important -- I give to everybody.

Is don't get lottery fever okay.

People get excited.

Happy they won -- women's all this money so what -- they do they gladly spend a lot of money on buying tickets and most of times when he they can't afford to spend.

So might what are my biggest rules -- set a budget.

Don't spend grocery money don't spend -- money figure out what you can afford to spend and be satisfied with that amount of tickets.

Just sort of break the bank and Richard what about the pools you know bunch of people at work they get together they pool their money.

That would increase your odds -- Absolutely I believe very strongly pools I don't you know via the -- the coolest ten million estate -- if the -- ten million dollars.

And he bought the ticket you when you say -- yourself kitchen with the -- and million dollars if you got ten people to pool together and you win you'll get a million dollars but you know what.

A million dollars is a lot of money.

So don't be don't play greedy play Smart so yes pulling your money together with a few people -- playing is a very good thing to do.

I -- -- you won seven times are you planned today.

Blow absolutely hit it may use the same numbers.

I have a set of numbers that I play yes and they are at a number go ahead and we're just -- -- -- pens papers and -- Oh I do my numbers -- -- right now we incidents Richard lustig won the lottery a bunch of time sir thank you for joining us and if Roland.

Absolutely.

Right but.

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