Do you make use of a system for choosing your official lottery numbers? If therefore, are you aware that using such a system might actually reduce your chances of landing a big win? The only way to genuinely boost your prospects of winning the lottery is to buy more entries - and do not let anyone tell you differently, it's just a matter of statistics. On the flip side, you will find some steps that one can take to make sure that, in the event that you need to do win, you are more likely to win a larger sum of cash. Let's use the UK lottery as being an example. Every week that there is a jackpot winner it appears that the prize is shared among a number of individuals. Therefore, the simplest way to maximise your winnings within the event that your numbers are chosen is to minimise the number of people you will need to share the prize money with. Although you can find no guarantees in a game of chance such as a lottery, there are a few ways by which this could possibly be done.