A FEW days ago a reader emailed me a common question: "If numbers have won, are they likely - or not likely - to win again?”

It's a often-asked question, and one of the great myths of lottery playing that numbers have a memory.

While I have already answered this question in this post, I was looking through the Oregon Lottery website just now, and they also have the answer on their "Myths & Facts" page. Here's what they say about it:

Can't be any clearer than that! Numbers are random. What they don't add is this: There is a solution - the Silver Lotto System.