Another day, another dollar-grabbing-scheme…
Numbers drawn: 06, 09, 11, 21, 40, 48 **+ bonus ball **27
My Numbers: 6, 9, 16, 23, 27, 32
No. of matching numbers: 2 + bonus ball
Price of ticket: £1
Amount won: £0
Financial outcome: -£1
Bored yet? I know i am.
Lottery balance: £-6 // Not A Lottery balance: £6
RELEASE THE BALLS!
Numbers drawn: 08, 09, 19, 28, 31, 37 + bonus ball 45
My Numbers: 6, 9, 16, 23, 27, 32
No. of matching numbers: 1
Price of ticket: £1
Amount won: £0
Financial outcome: -£1
So, we’re over a month into the experiment now and the bank option still leads. We would’ve had some interest added to the account this week too, had the balance (and/or interest rate) been higher.
Lottery balance: £-5 // Not A Lottery balance: £5
I think you know the score by now. Also, that i’m here writing this means i’ve not won anything.
Numbers drawn: 06, 11, 15, 32, 38, 42 + bonus ball 24
My Numbers: 6, 9, 16, 23, 27, 32
No. of matching numbers: 2
Price of ticket: £1
Amount won: £0
Financial outcome: -£1
4 attempts, 4 losses. The bank balance maintains its lead…
Lottery balance: £-4 // Not A Lottery balance: £4
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Note: For those of you that are following my progress closely, you’ll have noted that i have played the same numbers each week thus far. Why so? Well, for 2 very silly reasons:
1) The idea of “luck”. I assume most gamblers, even if not serious, will apportion at least some of their success/failure to Lady Luck. This being the case, i chose to play the only numbers that have ever won me something on the National Lottery. Yes, once upon a time the line 06, 09, 16, 23, 27, 32 bagged me £10.
2) “Sod’s law”. Having now played the same numbers more than once i have fallen into a superstitious trap. That is to say, if i choose not to play these numbers one week, by the law of the sod, they will be the numbers drawn at National Lottery HQ.
I can clearly see that these are irrational beliefs but, for the time being at least, i’m compelled to abide by them.
Since i got a MacBook, i’ve not been able to use a PC laptop trackpad without thinking the thing is broken. That is how natural i find the “multi-touch” two-finger scrolling gesture of Apple’s notebooks. The traditional but cumbersome click-with-your-thumb-then-scroll-with-index-finger manoeuvre of PC trackpads is quickly forgotten once you’ve spent even a little time with the MacBook1.
Thus i was very pleased to discover that the latest Synaptics trackpad drivers incorporate two-finger scrolling, and even more so that it is supported on older hardware2. Yep, if you find yourself stuck with a PC laptop at work but it uses a Synaptics ‘pad, you should be able to add some two-finger scrolling goodness. Hallelujah!
Download the WindowsXP drivers here.
Saturday saw draw number 3 of “It could be me”, AKA National Lottery Lotto draw number 1486, take place. Lets see how i got on…
Numbers drawn: 05, 11, 13, 18, 25, 46 + bonus ball 26
My Numbers: 6, 9, 16, 23, 27, 32
No. of matching numbers: 0
Price of ticket: £1
Amount won: £0
Financial outcome: -£1
So, that’s three straight lottery losses while the bank account balance continues to grow…
Lottery balance: £-3 // Not A Lottery balance: £3
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Note: By the way, if you’re after lots and lots of lottery statistics, take a look here. Comprehensive, to say the least.