Boxes lotto

 Boxes

Call them what you will, "Bob's Boxes, Cubes, Grids, Squares, Magic Squares, Money Squares, Tic-Tac-Toe, Tic-Tac-Dough. When you're stuck for a way to play this method shot-guns a boat load of numbers at the lottery for minimal cost to play.First of all, it's incredibly simple. You're working with so many numbers you hardly need to pick and choose.
Just grab some graph paper or draw a . . .
3 by 3 grid for Pick-3
4 by 4 grid for Pick-4
5 by 5 grid for Pick-5
6 by 6 grid for Pick-6
7 by 7 grid for Pick-7

Shot-gun the numbers in by random or use lottery knowledge to arrange the numbers in good balance for Odd/Even, Low/High, etc.
For Pick-3/4 the digits may be used more than once, this will cause double digit number(s) to be created. Pick-5/6/7 numbers may only be used once so as not to create unplayable lines.
Play the combinations formed, down, across and criss-cross.








It is also possible to add to the grid until almost all the numbers are in play, such as a 6 by 8 grid to play 48 of the 49 numbers of 6/49. The additional lines are played across and two extra criss x crosses may be played. Of course the extended down lines may also be played as a simple wheel, playing the first six numbers down and then the final six down for a 4if6of8numbers in 2 combinations guarantee.
It is interesting to note, when playing all the numbers in a minimum number of lines, only up to 5 of the lines can contain winning numbers in Pick-5 and only up to 6 of the lines can contain winning numbers in Pick-6. This means the game has been changed to a 5/25 game or a 6/36 game effectively lowering the odds.
This method is so effective, almost all lotteries try to obstruct it by using a number field that isn't evenly divisible by the numbers played in a line. A 6/36, 6/42, 6/48 even 6/54 game would be ideal for lottery players, no wonder various lotteries offer 6/39, 6/45, 6/49 and 6/53 games.
For the record. There are such things as Magic Squares in recreational mathematics, where the numbers in every row add up to the same "magic sum" or "magic constant". Outside of 15 being a good near central sum for Pick-3 there is no useful relationship between Magic Squares and playing lottery. The square digit pattern off your telephone or computer keypad will win Pick-3 just as often or not.