Idaho Double Play Winning Methods
Learn how to win Idaho Double Play with free winning lottery tips by Gail Howard.
Idaho Double Play started on May 3, 2009. To play Idaho Double Play, choose five numbers from 1 to 36.
This game is called Double Play because you get
double the play and double the chances to win. For $2, you get two chances to win because your numbers are entered into
both daily drawings which are drawn back to back. So you have a chance to win the first drawing which gives a $20,000 prize, and another chance to win the
second drawing of the day which has a jackpot starting at $20,000 which progressively increases until it is won.
Since this game is the only game in Idaho without a bonus or powerball number, the odds to win are much lower than
the other games in Idaho.
Why play
Wild Card 2 with jackpot odds of one in 1,359,288;
or
Hot Lotto with jackpot odds of one in 10,939,383;
or
Powerball with jackpot odds of one in 195 million?
The odds of winning the first prize Double Play jackpot are only one in 376,992.
The Double Play jackpot will not make you mega rich, but when you win it,
you will be very, very happy.
Below are a few FREE lotto tips to help you play the Idaho Double Play game
smarter, but Gail Howard's book,
Lottery Master Guide, explains all of her
successful methods of
number selection in great detail with examples
of patterns shown throughout.
Advantage Plus software
makes all the lottery number selection charts for this pick-5 lottery game; and the
lotto wheeling software to use is
Wheel Five Plus.
See the complete list of
Idaho lottery software and books
for Idaho Double Play.
GAIL HOWARD'S LOTTERY STRATEGIES
TO HELP YOU WIN Idaho Double Play
Here are a some tips on lotto number selection from Gail Howard's book,
Lottery Master Guide, which have been customized
for this specific game: Idaho Double Play.
(Additional best tools for this game.)
Lottery numbers are randomly drawn. But randomly drawn numbers form patterns
that can be tracked and used to our advantage. Having carefully analyzed all the
drawings in past
lotto results of more than 160 different Lotto games worldwide, with
histories going back as far as 1955, Gail Howard has verified the following incredibly
simple rule:
That which is MOST POSSIBLE happens MOST OFTEN.
That which is LEAST POSSIBLE happens LEAST OFTEN.
The key to Gail Howard's successful lottery number selection methods is playing
the probabilities. If you play a pattern that occurs only five
percent of the time, you can expect that pattern to lose 95
percent of the time, giving you no chance to win 95 percent of
the time. So, don't buck the probabilities.
How to WIN Idaho Double Play Lotto
ODD-EVEN LOTTO NUMBER TIPS
When you select your Double Play numbers, try to have a relatively even mix of odd and
even numbers. All
odd numbers or all
even numbers are rarely drawn, occurring less than
2 percent of the time. The best mix is to have 3/2 or 2/3 which means three odd and
two even, or two odd and three even. One of these two patterns will occur in
64 percent of the drawings.
HIGH-LOW LOTTO NUMBER TIPS
Winning numbers are usually spread across the entire
number field. If we take a
number field and cut it in half, we have the low half and the high half. In a
36-number game like ID Double Play, numbers 1 to 18 would be in the low half, and numbers 19 to 36
would be in the high half. All
high numbers or all
low numbers are rarely drawn, occurring
only 2 percent of the time. The best mix is to have 3/2 or 2/3 which means three
high and two low, or two high and three low. One of these two patterns will occur
in 69 percent of the drawings.
LOTTERY NUMBER GROUP STRATEGIES
Look at a list of past winning numbers for ID Double Play, and you'll see that most often
one or more of the
number groups is not represented. For
example, in the combination 5-8-14-17-32, there are no 20's. Tracking and studying
Number Groups can help you decide which group to omit and which group to give extra
heavy play.
LOTTERY GAMES SKIPPED STRATEGIES
List the number of
games skipped (games out) since the last hit (win) for each of
the
winning numbers during the last five games. Then mark the number of times each
skip occurred. If any skip from 0 to 5 did not occur, play the Double Play lotto numbers that
are out that many games. (
Help working with lotto games skipped.)
LOTTO NUMBER SUM ADVICE - PLAY A BALANCED GAME
After you choose five numbers you want to play, add them together and make sure
that the
sum of the five numbers adds up to somewhere between 69 and 116, the balanced
range of sums for Idaho Double Play. Sums that
fall within that range will account for over 70 percent of all
lottery jackpots won.
REPEAT HITS TIPS
In Double Play, on average, one lottery number will be a
repeat hit from the last drawing every
other drawing or 55 percent of the time.
HOT NUMBER LOTTERY SECRETS
Numbers that have been out (losers) for four games or less account for about half of
the
winning numbers.
Losing numbers
that have been out for six games or less
account for about two-thirds of all the
winning numbers. Numbers out ten games or
less account for 82 percent of the
winning numbers. This tells us that hot numbers are
more likely to hit, but don't forget to include at least one
long shot in your
group of 5.
COLD NUMBER LOTTERY SECRETS
It is difficult to know when a lottery number will end a long losing streak. If you play a
number every drawing because you think it is due, you could be chasing it
for many months. (Number 45 in New York Lotto sat out 100 drawings before it
finally hit.) Although, when a number has been out for 70 games or so, it might be
worth chasing.
Lottery Pools and Lottery Syndicates
POOL YOUR WAY TO LOTTO RICHES
Several of the
102 Lotto jackpots won with Gail Howard's lottery strategy and wheeling systems
were won by groups of lotto players
who pooled their money. Sharing the ticket cost with others stretches your Lotto
budget. By playing with a group, you can afford to buy more lottery
tickets—and play larger wheeling systems—than you could (or should) by
yourself. Draw up an agreement and have the members of your pool sign it.
How to Get Lucky in Lotto
CASH IN ON THE LUCK OF OTHERS
When you form a Lotto pool, your group is also pooling its aggregate luck. A
jackpot could happen because of the luck just one member brings to your pool.
Select your partners carefully. Share your luck with winners, not losers. Avoid
negative people. Not only are they unlucky, but they dampen enthusiasm and drain
energy from others. You want to enhance your own luck, not dilute its strength. One
quick way to tell winners from losers is simply to ask them: "Do you think you
are a lucky person?" Many people quickly admit, "I'm unlucky. I never win
anything." They won't bring good luck to your group either.
CASH IN ON A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
No one should play games of chance out of desperation because they need the
winnings. The needy have a greater fear of losing the hard-earned money they gamble
with. It is just one of life's dirty tricks that the very fear of losing blocks the
winning forces. Thoughts are charged with energy, especially when triggered by
emotion. Fear attracts exactly that which one fears. A strong desire for a goal
that is charged with positive energy, attracts a positive response, especially when
every effort is made to attain that goal.
Lottery Wheels
USE BALANCED WHEELING® SYSTEMS
Balanced Wheeling® Systems allow you to
bet a large group of numbers (more than 5), play scientific lotto combinations of that group
of numbers, and get a specific
minimum win guarantee. Balanced Wheels
® force all the
winning lottery numbers that are in your group to come together to give you at least one prize
if some or all of the
winning numbers are in your chosen group.
It's true that the more lottery numbers you wheel, the easier it is to trap the
winning lotto numbers in your chosen group. But to get the most leverage for your
money, the optimum
number of numbers to wheel is not more than four or five numbers over HALF the numbers
in Idaho Double Play's group of 36. That means wheeling about 23 numbers.
Otherwise, you'll be spending MORE money chasing a SMALLER guaranteed
prize. You benefit more by wheeling a carefully selected group of numbers.
THE BEST WAY TO WHEEL ALL THE LOTTO NUMBERS IN YOUR GAME
Any one wheeling
system that covers ALL the numbers in the game is too spread out, making the win
guarantee not worth the wager. There are smart ways to wheel all the numbers in
the game by using Trap-by-Overlap and other wheeling strategies covered on pages
137 to 142 in Gail Howard's book,
Lottery Master Guide.
Most of Gail Howard's lottery winners used a Balanced
Wheel in addition to her Smart Luck
®
lottery number selection methods. You can use a
FREE interactive Balanced Wheeling System that won
multiple jackpots. Read about Gail Howard's
lotto winners, too. And
when you win a jackpot with Gail Howard's lottery systems, tell us about it so you can be added to Gail Howard's
growing list of winners. If you don't want your name publicized, Gail will honor
that.
Save Money by Knowing Lotto Numbers to Avoid
Lotto players who select their lottery numbers thoughtlessly or foolishly are destined to lose even before the drawing takes place.
By knowing which
number combinations and patterns to avoid, you'll have an advantage over such players—and save money, too.
AVOID NUMBER COMBINATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN BEFORE
Many players like to bet the numbers that have won someone else a big jackpot, and
by doing so, they are almost guaranteed NOT to win one themselves. In Double Play
with two drawings daily, or a total of fourteen drawings a week, a set of five numbers has a chance of being drawn once
every 518 years. This should also answer the question Gail Howard is so often asked,
"Shouldn't I keep playing the same set of numbers every week because they are due
to hit sometime?"
AVOID BETTING FIVE CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS
Even four
consecutive numbers is a very rare occurrence that, in most Lotto games,
has never happened once.
AVOID BETTING ONE LOTTO NUMBER GROUP
Never choose all five numbers from one number group, such as all single digits, or
all teens, or all 20's, etc. All five winning numbers drawn from one group is
highly unlikely.
AVOID THE COMBINATION 1-2-3-4-5
The most popular set of numbers most often played is: 1-2-3-4-5. Thousands of
tickets are bought with this combination every drawing. The selection
is too far out of balance to come up in a random drawing.
AVOID PATTERN BETTING
Pattern betting is an even more popular method of marking bet slips. Patterns of
numbers marked in a row to make a straight line, either across the bet slip
vertically or diagonally get heavy play—which means sharing the prize with
others if the numbers are drawn as winners. Other designs such as patterns of
initials or numbers or crosses also get heavy play.
AVOID NUMBER MULTIPLES
Other popular combinations that get heavy play are the number multiples, especially
5-10-15-20-25 and 7-14-21-28-35.
AVOID ALL SAME LAST DIGITS
Many people like to play same last digits, such as 3-13-23-33, or all digits that
end in seven, or some other favorite lucky lottery number. Even four same last digits occur
in less than two-tenths of one percent of all drawings. Winning sets of numbers
with no more than one repeated last digit represent nearly 90 percent of all
drawings.
AVOID ALL SAME LAST DIGITS
The majority of Lotto players like to play the calendar numbers, such as birth
dates and anniversaries—and their children's ages. This means that the most
heavily played numbers are 1 through 31. Double Play has 36 numbers. If you play
only the calendar numbers, you might be sharing your jackpot with dozens of other
winners. It's not to say that you shouldn't play your personal numbers if you feel these lucky numbers are good to play. But Gail Howard recommends that you include a couple of high
numbers so that just in case your numbers do hit, you win a prize that's worth
something.
NIX LOTTO QUICK PICKS
Quick Picks are used by lazy people who want to be in the action without putting
any effort into winning. When you read articles about jackpot winners, it appears
as though they all used either Quick Picks, birth dates, or their children's ages.
The vast majority of people do play that way. If the majority of tickets sold are
Quick Picks, then it makes sense that the majority of jackpots won should be won
with Quick Picks. However, when you see the actual statistics, as Gail Howard did, you'll find that you have
a better chance of winning by picking numbers randomly out of a hat than by using
Quick Picks.
In Lotto, the Trend is Your Friend
The shortest, easiest way to search for Lotto
numbers that have the greatest probability of winning is to track the trends.
Gail Howard's Smart Luck strategies show you how to understand and use historical data.
Advantage Plus lottery strategy software has a vast assortment of charts and reports
that allow you to examine your lotto numbers in an infinite variety of ways.
Advantage Plus teaches you to understand and use historical data.
See all Smart Luck
lottery software and
lotto books
or the full
lottery product guide and list of
best Idaho lottery software and books
to use for Idaho Double Play.
Good Luck with Gail Howard's Smart Luck®.
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