How Does One choose numbers for the UK Lotto?

There are very many ways to choose those elusive numbers.
Let's look at a few.

(REMEMBER - statistically speaking, any six numbers are as LIKELY to occur as any six others.
So, choosing any six numbers is as "likely" as any others!
Therefore, your criterion should be to choose numbers that others
DON'T choose, so that when you DO win, you win more money!)

Now, if you didn't understand that, please read it again!
In my experience, getting four correct numbers is very difficult
let alone getting five or six right!

Personal Numbers

Do you base your selections on birthdays, significant dates in your life, etc?
So many folk use birthdates to make their selections, that when
many numbers under 31 feature, (maximum days in month =31) the payout drops.

For example, on 12th Jan and 1st April 2000, the highest number drawn
was under 31, and there were 9 and 10 jackpot winners, respectively.
This compares with an average of 2-7 winners recently.
This trend is even more marked in number 12 and under (no. of months in year) And on 18th April 2001, the lowest number was 30.

Unsurprisingly, there were no Jackpot winners!

BUT- if you are happy with your Personal Numbers -
then stick with them!

What is the best way for me to purchase my lottery tickets ?

I strongly recommend that you purchase your tickets online as this is the safest and easiest way because

1. You can never lose, misplace or throw your tickets away by accident

2. Your ticket could not get stolen or someone else claim it if you did happen to lose it

3. It is totally secure and you can purchase tickets from your own home

4. Your winnings get paid straight back you without having to go to the local shop to claim your winnings.

The National Lottery has spend thousands on developing their website and can be seen here :

Too Popular Numbers

There are some number combinations which are just TOO popular,
and should be avoided. For example, although there have never been four consecutive numbers drawn (bonus excluded)
there are so many people still betting on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 and
44, 45, 46, 47, 48 & 49
that if those sequences ever surfaced, Camelot reckon
there would be some 5-10,000 Jackpot winners!!!

Other too popular numbers are those ending in five
(and multiples thereof, such as 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40 etc.)
and the "popular" numbers such as 01, 03, 07, 13, and 49.

In general, people seem to think that odd numbers are "luckier" than even ones. Also, there seems to be strong support for Prime numbers (indivisible by anything other than themselves and 1) - this was a bit of a surprise to me. The "Prime" prime appears to be 23 which is a Hot number.

Consecutives

Consecutives are pairs or triples drawn as main numbers.
(There have never been 4 or more consecutives - so far)
Many punters find these of interest.

Pairs occur in just under half the draws, with two pairs happening
in about three draws in 50.

Triples (three consecutive main numbers) I count separately and
are rarer, occurring slightly less often than two pairs.