Illinois Lotto is a lottery game that consists of choosing 6 winning numbers out of the total 52 numbers. It costs 50 cents or 2 plays per dollar. The probability of choosing the winning numbers is 1 out of 20,358,520 per play or 1 out of 10,179,260 at two games per dollar. The jackpot of this lottery starts at 2 million dollars and grows in proportion to the number of plays bought by lotto fans. The lotto draws usually occur 3 times a week during Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:22pm. These winning numbers are usually published in the Illinois Lotto Website and the local newspapers at Illinois.

There are numerous tips on how to win Illinois Lotto that you can put into good use to your advantage. The first tip among these numerous tips is the lottery group number strategies that consist of grouping the previous winning numbers of previous lotto draw results. Looking closely into previous lotto draws, one or more number groups are not represented.  Usually the winning combinations stick into a number group, like the 10s, 20s, and 30s and so on. In order to increase your probability of winning, just keep track of these number groups in order to be able to predict the outcome of the next upcoming lottery draw.

The second useful tip that you can put into good use is the Lotto Number Sum Advice.  In this kind of strategy, you sum up the total of the 6 numbers that you have chosen. The value of the total must range between 122 up to 196. Sums that usually fall within this range have over 70 percent change or percentage of winning. The basis is that most winning combinations in the past 10 years have a total that fall within this range.

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Lottery is a game of chance to many. But for lotto experts and lotto winners, lottery is never a chance game nor is based on pure luck. To them, lottery is a way of life, something you or anybody can achieve as long as you work on it. It only takes passion and strategy to win the lottery and be the next instant millionaire. Let me share to you some of these strategies to help you win the lotto guarantee.

Pick numbers in random. Do not pick a number that are only based on significant meaning to you or your love ones. You are only limiting yourself from other numbers specified for the type of lotto game you want to play. And since random numbers are everywhere, then it should be easy for you to collect and select them.  So start getting up from your seat and look around at the mall, market, bus and cab stations, or even at food chains. These are the locations where random numbers are limitless.

Apply Lotto System. Such include Math method that helps you calculate the probability of a certain event, in this case the winning lotto numbers to come up next. Delta Number System is also used by some experts as lotto calculator. Other lotto system includes lotto game software. This is the mini version of the official lotto system where you are given the chance to play and make your bet. While using the software, you will learn more techniques and skills to win the lotto guarantee.

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What are the most basic bets you can make in the game of craps?  When do you make them, and how?  Let’s find out.

A new game starts with the “come-out roll” (i.e., the first roll of a new game).  Before the come-out roll, you must decide whether you want to bet “with” the dice or “against” them.  Betting with the dice means you want the come-out roll to show a 7 or 11.  It also means if a point is established on the come-out, then you want the shooter to roll the point number again before rolling a 7.  Betting against the dice means you want the come-out roll to produce a 2 or 3 (a 12 on the come-out is a push).  It also means if a point is established on the come-out, then you want the shooter to roll a 7 before rolling the point number.  Prior to the come-out roll and the start of a new game, you bet with the dice by making a Pass Line bet, or you bet against the dice by making a Don’t Pass bet.

As we learned in my previous article, Fundamental Premise of the Game, the come-out roll can produce one of three possible outcomes: 1) The game immediately ends if a 2, 3, 7, 11, or 12 appears; or 2) If the shooter establishes a point, the game ends when the shooter rolls the point number again before rolling a 7; or 3) If the shooter establishes a point, the game ends when the shooter rolls a 7 before rolling the point number.

If you bet the Pass Line, you immediately win if the come-out roll shows a 7 or 11.  You immediately lose if the come-out shows a 2, 3, or 12.  The Don’t Pass bet is almost the exact opposite of the Pass Line bet.  If you bet the Don’t Pass, you immediately win if the come-out shows a 2 or 3, and tie if a 12 shows.  You immediately lose if the come-out shows a 7 or 11.

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“The Lotto Black Book” has been producing quite a lot of buzz over the last few months.

News articles and blog post on the internet have been singing praises on the authenticity of Larry Blair’s: “The Lotto Black Book”. The Lotto Black Book is what it claims to be, which is an actual black book filled with formulas, patterns, and tips on how to win the lottery. The system is actually a very “thought outside of the box” niche that works in any state and almost any country where you can play the lotto.

The good news is that The Lotto Black Book Formula actually does make you a winner. If you’re thinking to yourself that there is NO WAY this can be possible. Let me share a True Story with you.

“The Lotto Black Book” is a niche developed by “Larry Blair” guaranteed to boost your percentage of producing winning tickets by 48.7%! “The Lotto Black Book” was created to give others an opportunity to manifest the same winning possibilities that he has had. The author “Larry Blair” explains how he created the system, and both the good and bad side of “winning the lottery” multiple times.

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By all of my other articles on online poker playing, you should know by now, that poker games like Texas hold’em is not just a simple card game with a set of rules you play and hope to win. Yes you use cards and you mix them and the dealing of cards has some factors of randomness, but its how you play your cards that matters, not like rolling dices and hoping to get a 6 eyes.

One of the factors that a lot of poker players use s bluffing, a bluff can be when you have a bad hand, acting like a big shot making some big bets, trying to scare your opponent away, or trying to make him bet even more because you know you can beat him.

You could also do the opposite, if you have a good hand, try not to let the opponent know, catch him like a fish, let him bet, or even go all in, then you catch him like a big fish and win all the money, Now that good poker.

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When you’re playing online poker, it is hard to use the same strategies you employ when you’re face to face with your opponents. You can’t see the players and therefore, you can’t learn to read their expressions or get to know their habits. One online poker strategy that beginners to online poker employ is to start off with low limit games. This will give you the confidence you need in beating players at a lower level of skill. It is best to start off in this manner because you do need more skill in order to beat higher skilled players at higher pots.

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It may surprise many gamblers to find out that how they handle losing could end up determining if they become winners in the long run. Anyone can be a good winner especially if they play free casino games. Learning how to lose and dealing with “bad beats” and the inevitable losses that will occur playing real money casino games is ultimately what separates the pro from the wannabe at an online casino. Success at gambling is the ultimate long term proposition. The winner will be thinking months down the line while the loser will be thinking about where to go to get enough cash for his next bet.

With a long term approach comes a more mature attitude about the immediate, which is a better mentality to deal with the any casino gambling situation, no matter how difficult it is. If you gamble at online casinos you are going to run into dry spells of bad luck and tough losses. You will lose high percentage bets that will drive you nuts. The question will then become do you go on “tilt” and let your emotions get the best of you while you chase those losses in a virtual tirade of bad bets or do you accept “bad beats” as part of the game, focus on the long run and learn how to lose? What a gambler must do is treat his bankroll like an arsenal for war. Play free casino games at the Bodog casino with a 10% deposit bonus, over $1,000,000 USD in progressive jackpots and even on your mobile phone.

A winner will judiciously protect his assets and not throw them away on worse percentage bets than the one that he lost with. Casino gambling often comes down to being a survivor and staying alive for the time when you win a bet that you should have lost or for when luck turns your way. Often times a good gambler will learn that he makes his own luck and much of that comes down to persevering through the tough times in order to stay alive for wins. You cannot ever get lucky if you take yourself out of the game. You will find that good luck comes with good discipline. By learning how to lose, tough as it is, you will put yourself in a position to win!

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Be smart, play smart, learn how to play casino craps the right way!

A Place bet is a “standing” bet, meaning the bet stays working, or standing, until it wins or loses, or until you remove it. A Place bet can be made on any of the point numbers: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10. Like the Pass Line bet, a Place bet works against the number 7. After making a Place bet, the only numbers that matter are the Place number and 7; all other numbers are meaningless. After making a Place bet, each subsequent roll can produce one of three outcomes: 1) a 7 shows and your Place bet loses, 2) the Place number shows and your Place bet wins, or 3) any other number shows and nothing happens to your Place bet (i.e., all others number have no affect on your Place bet).

Place bets don’t pay off according to true odds. Instead, the house gets its advantage by paying them off at less than true odds (i.e., they stick it to the player by not paying their fair share when the player wins).

The Place odds aren’t quite as good as true odds. The house sticks it to the player to make money by paying less than true odds. For a winning $5 bet on the 4 or 10, the Place odds pay only $9, but the true odds say we should be paid $10. For a winning $10 bet on the 5 or 9, the Place odds pay only $14, but the true odds say we should be paid $15. And for a winning $30 bet on the 6 or 8, the Place odds pay only $35, but the true odds say we should be paid $36.

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Be smart, play smart, learn how to play casino craps the right way!

A Hardway bet is a standing bet that you can make, remove, increase, or decrease at any time. You bet that a hardway number will show as a pair before any other combination of that number, and before a 7 shows. A Hardway bet can be made only on the numbers 4, 6, 8, and 10. For a Hardway bet, each roll can produce three possible outcomes: 1) The hardway number is rolled and the bet wins, 2) The “easyway” number or any 7 is rolled and the bet loses, 3) Any other number is rolled and the bet neither wins nor loses (i.e., it “stands” until it wins or loses, or until you remove it).

What’s a “hardway” versus an “easyway?” As noted, Hardway bets are made on the 4, 6, 8, and 10. Let’s look at the 10. There are three possible dice combinations to make a 10, which are: 4-6, 6-4, and 5-5. Which of those three combinations of numbers do you think is considered the “hardway” for making a 10? You’re right! The 5-5 combination is considered the “Hard 10.” Therefore, your Hard 10 bet stands until a 5-5 is rolled (you win), any 7 is rolled (you lose), or an Easy 10 (i.e., 4-6 or 6-4) is rolled (you lose). Now, let’s quickly look at the 4, 6, and 8.

There are three ways to make a 4, and the dice combinations are: 3-1, 1-3, and 2-2. The Hard 4 bet wins if a 2-2 shows before any 7, 1-3, or 3-1.

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Poker tournaments online are fast becoming a popular venue to play poker. It is more convenient because you just have to stay at home. But for the newcomers to this fun and exciting world, it is best to read and learn a lot first before playing for real money in poker tournaments online. Why so? Because unlike actual gambling in casinos or anywhere else, online gambling isn’t based on chance, fate or luck; remember, this is a computer program. So what do you need to be successful in playing online poker? It would be based on actual skill and your knowledge of the game with less participation from chance.

In playing in a poker tournament online, knowledge about probability and odds are needed to determine the next best course of action. However, compared to another game of skill which is blackjack, poker is a bit tougher because there are more players and their goal is to eliminate the others where as in blackjack, the player only needs to beat the dealer. So calculating the odds and probability to make a winning hand in online poker is much harder.

To consistently win poker tournaments online, knowledge from experience is crucial. Then, you must have a proper strategy planned out. The strategy you would use would depend upon you and what you are used to. However, for beginners here is a strategy to use. It is not full proof or fool proof, but it is a simple and easy to use strategy for beginners.

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