Lottery number generator

Six distinct numbers between one and forty-nine, plus a bonus ball. The numbers are drawn uniformly, which is the only thing any lottery generator can honestly offer.

Random numbers do not improve your odds and nothing can: in a six-from-49 draw the chance of matching all six is one in 13,983,816, whichever numbers you pick. There is one real and frequently misunderstood advantage to a random line, and it is not about winning — it is about not sharing. Huge numbers of people play birthdays, which crowds the numbers 1 to 31, and patterns drawn across the ticket. Those lines win the same amount of the time as any other and split the prize far more often when they do. A line including numbers above 31 is no more likely to come up and rather less likely to be shared.