| The Pick 4 Lottery - Game Overview and Ways to | | | | Lottery, the the Iowa Lottery, Delaware's Play 4 |
| Increase Your Chances of Winning | | | | game, the Georgia Lottery, New Mexico's Four This |
| In the United States, 29 states host the Pick 4 | | | | Way, the Kentucky Lottery, the South Carolina |
| lottery. It is also played in Ontario, Canada, and in | | | | Lottery and the West Virginia Lottery. |
| Puerto Rico (Pega 4). Many retailers offer this popular | | | | Thanks to the Worldwide Web, this interesting game |
| game. It is relatively straightforward - pick the four | | | | can also be played online. |
| digits that match the winning selection and win. Simply | | | | Ways to Increase Your Chances of Winning the Pick |
| fill out your entries on the play slip (retailers provide | | | | 4 |
| the form). Instructions are on the reverse side of the | | | | Winning the four-digit lottery game is sometimes a |
| play slip. | | | | matter of adding or subtracting one digit from the |
| Based on a $1.00 play per game, the this game | | | | previous 2-3 days' winning numbers. An important |
| offers a top ticket of $5,000 for a straight hit. A | | | | strategy to consider when playing the Pick 4 is that |
| straight hit is where the four digits that the player | | | | one-half of the four digits (that is, two digits) repeat |
| picks fall in the identical order as the official winning | | | | within two draws. This should narrow your choices |
| numbers. Winning tickets based on a | | | | right away. |
| “combination” - where all four digits appear in | | | | Say, for instance, the winning number was 7643. Add |
| an order other than identical to the official winning | | | | 1 to each digit and produce the following entries: |
| entry - range from $100 to about $3,000. Quite a | | | | 8643, 7743, 7633, 7644. Or subtract 1 from each |
| nice return on a $1.00 investment! | | | | digit and produce the following entries: 6643, 7543, |
| In some locations, the game is drawn twice a day - | | | | 7642. Note that "7633" was not repeated because it |
| in midday and evening draws. In other locations, such | | | | is a duplicate entry. |
| as the Wisconsin Lottery, Massachusetts Lottery and | | | | A final strategy: Remember that positive thinking |
| the Louisiana Lottery, draws are held once per day. | | | | produces positive results. There is truth to the saying |
| Ontario, Canada, hosts one evening draw per day | | | | -- as a man thinketh, so is he. The law of attraction |
| and Puerto Rico hosts a daily draw four times per | | | | applies to this popular money game with the same |
| week. | | | | force and effect as it does to every aspect of |
| Sunday games are either prohibited altogether or | | | | human life. So think positive and increase your |
| restricted to the evening draw for various locations, | | | | chances of winning! |
| including the Illinois Lottery, the Indiana Hoosier | | | | |