How To Play Pick 4 Lottery Numbers

Most Pick 4 Lottery Tickets can be purchased for one ($1) dollar. You pick four digits from zero to nine to make up a Pick 4 Number from 0000 to 9999. These numbers are the beginning and the end of 10,000 different possible numbers that can make you a winner. Each of these ten thousand numbers are called Straight Pick 4 Numbers.

This is how to win Pick 4's Jackpot. You choose 4 digits, play them for one dollar on a Straight Ticket, and match the exact order of the drawn number of your State Lottery's drawing. You Win $5,000 in most State Lotteries.

Some State's Lottery Prize structure is based on a pari-mutuel system. In this case, the Jackpot payout is based on the amount of money invested or wagered into a drawing. The winners divide all the monies bet from the betting pool's total income. California Daily 4 Lottery has such a system.

For example, when the 8888 was drawn as the Winning Daily 4 Number on February 5, 2009, the 117 players each with the winning Straight Ticket (the only way one can play this number because there is only one form) received $416. In the non pari-mutuel systems the winners would be guaranteed the full jackpot of $5,000.

If you want to learn more about how to win pick 4 and get a $5,000 return on your $1investment or are a newbie to the daily Pick 4 lottery game, simply go to your local lottery retailer in your neighborhood and pick up a pamphlet or brochure on how to play pick 4. Or you can go online and type in your State lottery and they will provide you with all the information you need to know.

Within the information available about the Pick 4 lottery one will discover that you can play your four chosen digits straight or boxed. The Straight Ticket investment plays the number as the exact order given to the retailer. The Box Ticket investment allows the player to collect on any order of the four digits played.

For each $1Box Ticket with the number 1234 the player receives $200 for any of 24 possible orders that this number represents. When the four digits are all different this type of number is known as a "single". When two digits are the same, as in 1123 , it is known as a "double". And the payoff also doubles to $400 for every one dollar wagered based on the fact that there are only twelve possible winning forms.

These two forms represent over ninety (90%) percent of all possible winning numbers. The remaining possible Pick 4 numbers fall in the following categories of "double-doubles" when the four digits are made up of two pairs of matching numbers such as 1122, "triples" when three of the four digits match each other such as 1112, and lastly, the "quads" when all four digits match each other such as 1111, and can only be played on a straight ticket.

The double-double payoff on a Box Ticket for $1 is $800. The triple pays $1200 for the same $1 Box ticket investment. Some State lotteries mark the payoff at $1198.

Some State Lotteries such New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois, and others allow for the players to invest with a $.50 per ticket. The payoffs are set at half the one dollar payoff rates. For tax purposes, the player can pick up his/her winnings from the local lottery retailer without any taxes being deducted.

This is to the player's benefit when playing double-doubles and triples. This saves both time and money. Otherwise a winning Box Ticket has to be cashed at the regional State Lottery office, and they usually deduct the State Taxes from your winnings prior to presenting you your check.

Other States, like Indiana's Hoosier Lottery, keep the minimum play at one dollar, but gives the player the opportunity to play a Pick 4 number on a combination Straight/Box Ticket for half the payout for each portion.

The secret on how to win Pick 4 is to play with a plan or strategy. There are systems and strategies available to help the Pick 4 player figure out how to choose numbers. On the internet look for systems that have proven winning strategies, all are not the same. Look for systems or strategies that provide many clear understandable examples.

Like other things in life you get what you pay for. Quality has a higher cost attached to its product. Whether it is a brand name or craftsmanship, the consumer receives a better product. That is why the initial cost factor should be less of a factor when one considers which system to purchase. All systems usually provide a money-back guarantee if the customer is not satisfied with the product.

No matter what system one decides to purchase, it is important to remember that with one's first WIN, Straight or Box, the player will recoup the cost of the purchased system. The minimum winning Pick 4 ($.50) payout is $100. It is like having a DOUBLE GUARANTEE. So even if someone sells a high quality system for $50, you make $50 while getting you money back for the system you just purchased.

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Avoiding all the hoopla of advertising, the results are what counts. Does the system offer evidence or proof of its winning capabilities? Is the system multi-faceted? Since word of mouth is crucial in identifying a quality product, check out what other customers say about the system in testimonials, if they are offered.

Lastly, the Pick 4 Lottery is the best opportunity with its low odds and high returns of one's investment to add some needed money to one's financial situation during these difficult economic times. There is no other place in the world to get these kinds of returns for such small investments in a short amount of time.

How to Win Pick 4.....simply purchase a quality system with many good examples!