My father used lists of previous winning numbers and a &quot;system&quot; he adapted from Keno (which he mostly lost at). Once I was with him when he was buying lottery tickets and I bought one with the numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6. My dad came unglued, asking me if I understood how unlikely my numbers were to hit. Exactly as likely as his, I tried to explain, but he didn&#x27;t get it.