One of the oldest debates in the lottery community is whether manually selected "lucky numbers" perform better than computer-generated Quick Picks. Statistics show that neither has a mathematical advantage.

Randomness is Random

Because the draw itself is random, any set of numbers—whether chosen by a human or a random number generator—has the exact same chance of matching. The only advantage of Quick Picks is the elimination of human bias, which often leads to many people picking the same numbers (like birthdays), resulting in shared prizes.