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 Types of Wheeling
systems
In choosing the best type of wheeling system for you, you have
three choices:
- Full wheel
- Abbreviated wheel
- Key number wheel
A full wheel always contains ALL the possible
combinations that can be made with the group of
numbers you select.
The purpose of the full wheel is to give you the
best possible shot at a jackpot and multiple lower
prizes.
Benefits of Full Wheel: Playing a full wheel
gives you maximum coverage of the prizes if some or
all of the winning numbers are in the numbers you
wheeled. If all of the winning numbers are in the
group you wheeled, you are guaranteed to win the
jackpot and multiple second and third prizes. Even if
you have only some of the winning numbers in your
wheel, you are guaranteed to have multiple winning
tickets.
Drawbacks of Full Wheel: To put it simply,
it's not cheap if you want to wheel large amounts of
numbers. For example:
- A 9 numbers full wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game
contains 84 combinations.
- A 10 numbers full wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game
contains 210 combinations.
- A 11 numbers full wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game
contains 462 combinations.
- A 12 numbers full wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game
contains 924 combinations.
- A 13 numbers full wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game
contains 1716 combinations.
- A 14 numbers full wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game
contains 3003 combinations.
- A 15 numbers full wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game
contains 5005 combinations.
An Abbreviated Wheel is a set of minimum
combination that guarantees you a win whenever
you match a specified amount of the winning
numbers. Below you see an example of an
Abbreviated Wheel for a Pick 6
lotto game. It wheels 8
numbers in 7
combinations. If 4 of
the 6 winning numbers
are among the 8
numbers you wheel, then you are guaranteed to
have at least one
successful combination matching 4
winning numbers.
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And don't forget: You can always win more
prizes than the win guarantee.
Benefits of Abbreviated Wheel: It's an
economical way to increase your chances of
winning! With fewer combinations to play, you
can wheel a large amount of numbers at a
reasonable cost and still have a win guaranteed.
By being able to play more numbers, you greatly
increase your chances of having more winning
numbers fall into your wheel and cashing in
winning tickets!
Drawbacks of Abbreviated Wheel: Even
if all the winning numbers fall into your wheel,
you're not guaranteed winning a jackpot.
However, you could still win multiple prizes,
even the jackpot - it's just not guaranteed.
In a Key Number Wheel, one "key"
number appears in every combination of the
wheel. There are Key Number Wheels which
have the same win guarantees as
Abbreviated Wheels, but they contain fewer
combinations. For a Key Number Wheel to be
a guaranteed winner, two conditions must
be met:
- All of the winning numbers must be
somewhere in the wheeled numbers, just
like in regular wheels.
- The "key number" which
appears in every combination MUST be
one of the winning numbers drawn.
Key wheels have fewer sets to bet for a
given guarantee, but if you don't hit the
key you don't get the win guarantee. Let's
do a comparison between a Abbreviated
Wheel and a Key Number Wheel:
If you wheel 12 numbers in an
Abbreviated Wheel for a Pick 6 lotto game,
a four-of-four win would require 132
combinations. In the Key Wheel, though,
only 113 combinations would be required.
Remember, though, that your "key
number" must be among the winning
numbers. You should only use the Key
Number Wheel when you feel strongly that
your "key number" is going to be
drawn.
The following is an example of a Key
Number Wheel, which wheels eight numbers
for a four-of-four win in five
combinations. You'll note that the process
is the same as for the Full and
Abbreviated Wheel except you must write
your "key number" under the
"KEY" heading.
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