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  <title>TrainYourOdds: Guides</title>
  <subtitle>Real odds, worked out from the official rules.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>TrainYourOdds</name></author>
  <entry>
    <title>Hot and cold numbers are a myth: here is the proof</title>
    <id>https://trainyourodds.com/guides/hot-and-cold-numbers/</id>
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    <published>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>In 1,000 draws of a fair machine, one number came out 142 times and another 103. Afterwards the &quot;hot&quot; ones came out no more often.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>How big a jackpot has to be before a ticket is worth it</title>
    <id>https://trainyourodds.com/guides/break-even-jackpot/</id>
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    <published>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The jackpot at which a ticket pays back its price on average, for every lottery. Eurojackpot and EuroMillions never reach it.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Lottery hacks that work, and the ones that don&#39;t</title>
    <id>https://trainyourodds.com/guides/lottery-hacks/</id>
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    <published>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>No trick changes a line&#39;s chance. A few change how much you lose and how many you share with. Which ones, with the numbers.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Syndicates: the maths of sharing</title>
    <id>https://trainyourodds.com/guides/lottery-syndicates/</id>
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    <published>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Ten friends with ten lines have ten times the jackpot chance and a tenth of the prize each. What each loses on average stays the same.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>We simulated 10 million lottery players: here is what happened to them</title>
    <id>https://trainyourodds.com/guides/10-million-players/</id>
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    <published>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>10 million players bought one Powerball play in every draw for 20 years. The typical one ended at -$5,690; 0.37% ended ahead.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Why birthdays are the worst numbers you can pick</title>
    <id>https://trainyourodds.com/guides/birthday-numbers/</id>
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    <published>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A line of dates has the same chance as any other. It loses elsewhere: in EuroMillions, 92% of draws hold a number above 31.</summary>
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