By playing the lottery with a mathematical formula you can dramatically improve your chances of winning. Using enough numbers and lines you can play the lottery with one or two guaranteed numbers.

You can this on your own but it'll cost a small fortune, so it's better to start or join a syndicate where the outlay can be very low or even free.

If you have 44 members in your syndicate playing a lottery with 49 balls your first number can be guaranteed.

Using the example here as your first set of numbers - 1,6,12,14,22,44 Your second ticket would be 2,6,12,14,22,44 and the third would be 3,6,12,14,22,44 right the way up to 49,6,12,14,22,44. As you can see the first number increases by one on each ticket on all 44 tickets. You only need 44 in a 49 ball lottery as you already have 6,12,14,22,44 covered on your ticket, so no need to cover them again.

So before the lottery is drawn you're guaranteed at least one number!

Match 3 numbers playing on your own and you will win a small prize, but matching 3 numbers in a syndicate you can win a small fortune. For example using the numbers above, if the winning lottery numbers for next week are 4,8,12,18,22,44. We have matched 12,22,44 ( 3 numbers ) on all 44 tickets and the 4,8 & 18 ( 4 numbers ) on three tickets.

Using the sample above the 6,12,14,22,44 are on all of your 44 syndicate tickets, so you only have to match these 5 numbers to hit the JACKPOT! as you have every number covered in the first line.

If you're not sure how i worked the above out, use the 44 lines below and cross the winning numbers out.

01,6,12,14,22,44 -- 02,6,12,14,22,44 -- 03,6,12,14,22,44 --

04,6,12,14,22,44 -- 05,6,12,14,22,44 -- 07,6,12,14,22,44 --

08,6,12,14,22,44 -- 09,6,12,14,22,44 -- 10,6,12,14,22,44 --

11,6,12,14,22,44 -- 13,6,12,14,22,44 -- 15,6,12,14,22,44 --

16,6,12,14,22,44 -- 17,6,12,14,22,44 -- 18,6,12,14,22,44 --

19,6,12,14,22,44 -- 20,6,12,14,22,44 -- 21,6,12,14,22,44 --

23,6,12,14,22,44 -- 24,6,12,14,22,44 -- 25,6,12,14,22,44 --

26,6,12,14,22,44 -- 27,6,12,14,22,44 -- 28,6,12,14,22,44 --

29,6,12,14,22,44 -- 30,6,12,14,22,44 -- 31,6,12,14,22,44 --

32,6,12,14,22,44 -- 33,6,12,14,22,44 -- 34,6,12,14,22,44 --

35,6,12,14,22,44 -- 36,6,12,14,22,44 -- 37,6,12,14,22,44 --

38,6,12,14,22,44 -- 39,6,12,14,22,44 -- 40,6,12,14,22,44 --

41,6,12,14,22,44 -- 42,6,12,14,22,44 -- 43,6,12,14,22,44 --

45,6,12,14,22,44 -- 46,6,12,14,22,44 -- 47,6,12,14,22,44 --

48,6,12,14,22,44 -- 49,6,12,14,22,44 --

You can go months without winning a penny playing the lottery on your own, but in a well run syndicate you can win more and often.