How many of you play the lottery? If you do, how do you pick your numbers? Do you play the same numbers every week, or do you just let the computer pick them for you?

When my granpa lets me play the Pick3, I play birthdays and important dates to me. But, I always pick a random one that I think sounds good

I let the computer pick.  Odds are the same.

Thanks for the scholarship money...

On Pick3 and Pick4 I will play the same numbers over and over. I learned that from dad, he hits P3 or P4 about once a month by playing the same numbers over and over. He's got 8-10 different sets of numbers he plays regular.

On the big lotto's I usually just let the computer kick out some numbers but I will occasionally pick them myself. (Not that it matters, of course)  ;D

ive always done random when i chip in at work.

i hope youre paying for the entertainment and not because of odds. youre better off at the card tables!

I once knew a guy who called the lotter a tax on mathematical ignorance

i think most people know they are more likely to die on the way to buy the ticket than actually win the pot.

i think of it as paying for the fantasty of "what if?"

well , people have won the lottery. and they didnt win by not playing...

personally , i dont play it. i have been thinking about giving the power ball a shot though...