How to Play the Lottery Smarter: Mistakes to Avoid

We all love to dream about hitting the jackpot and how life would change in an instant. A new house, a dream vacation, early retirement—it’s all within reach with just one lucky ticket. But while playing the lottery is exciting and full of possibilities, there are a few common mistakes that could get in the way of your win. The good news? Most of them are easy to avoid—especially when you play with TuLotero.

Lottery Mistakes to Avoid

1. Forgetting to Play

The biggest mistake and one that’s the easiest to make is just forgetting to get your ticket in the first place. You’ve got to be in it to win it, after all. We understand that life gets in the way sometimes, so TuLotero makes it easy by letting you subscribe to your favorite games so you will never miss a draw. You can pick your own numbers to play every time, or let the app pick randomly.

2. Not checking your ticket and remembering smaller prizes

Another big mistake people make is forgetting to check their tickets if they don’t hit the jackpot. Sometimes matching a single number is enough to get a small prize or even a prize worth some serious dough, just not a jackpot. The small prizes can add up, over time, too. When you play with TuLotero, it’s never a problem since we’ll automatically notify you of your results and automatically deposit any small prizes into your TuLotero account.

3. Using dates or other common numbers

This isn’t so much of a mistake, but something to keep in mind when going for a jackpot. Remember that lots of people use dates or some other special number, and if you feel inspired for it, go ahead and use it. But also remember that using dates or other common numbers will increase the chances of sharing a jackpot with someone else. In 2011, people who played the numbers from the show Lost won $150. If it had been a jackpot, those people would have had to share with over 40,000 other people who played the same numbers.

4. Spreading out your numbers

Another point that isn’t quite a mistake, but a common misconception held by many people, is that random numbers will be spread out. It’s true that any specific combination of numbers isn’t any more likely than any other, but people will try to make sure their numbers aren’t “bunched together”. There’s no problem in spreading them out but there’s no problem in having groups close together if that’s what makes you feel better, too.

5. Not using TuLotero

TuLotero can help you all of these and more by making sure you get your ticket automatically, letting you know of the results immediately, and even making sure your ticket will never be lost, all with no fees anywhere! So in the end, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is by not playing with TuLotero in the first place.

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