JAZZYGUY  The ONLY way to cheat the Lottery is not to play it.  
(Version 6.24)

PISSNAROUND  One would think the developer of this software would post here or on his website a list of all the winners that utilized this program. Or alternatively, ask for the first $35 people win. Surely once they have won their millions they would send him payment.  
(Version 6.24)

CYBORG9  Why doesn't the developer use his "skills" to develop some really useful software rather than this deceptive garbage.

Maybe he believes that pandering to the gullibility of suckers is his road to riches.

Obviously, his Lotto Sorcerer hasn't won HIM any lotto jackpots..  
(Version 6.23)

EASER  I had read once that not all lotteries change out the number balls with each drawing. In other words, let's say the number 5 is near the top of the heap in one drawing. If the balls are not changed out, then it has an increased chance of staying nearer the top in the next drawing. As such, the element of random chance is reduced, and certain numbers may have a better chance of being "hot" in the future. I've also known some people who won lotteries on a small scale (i.e., not the big jackpots) by examining numbers and looking for those that are "due," etc. Now, whether this particular lottery program works with all of these factors, I don't know. I won't shell out the money for it. But there are arguments to suggest it's not pure chance, based on the manner by which they sometimes play it.  
(Version 6.21)

H.A.L.  scam

noun informal

a dishonest scheme; a fraud

verb ( scammed, scamming)

swindle

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swindle

verb [trans.]

use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions

• obtain (money) fraudulently

noun

a fraudulent scheme or action

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shill

noun

an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others.

verb

act or work as such a person.  
(Version 6.20)

RORO01  The draw is random. Each number has the same probability to be drawn so this application is useless. Download the freeware Randomness - a random lottery numbers generator.  
(Version 6.19.1)

GYPSYMOTH  Of those who have used this app to come up with winning lotto numbers, how many have won the big money? I'd say none. How many have won any money? I'd say few.

Those who think Lotto Sorcerer, or any other "system", will give them an edge when playing the lottery are living in a dream world.

There is no successful system out there. It's all pure chance.

The only one who stands to gain financially from Lotto Sorcerer is the developer....when anyone pays the $35 for it.  
(Version 6.17)

HENDO  I can write an applescript that spits out random numbers and give it to you guys for free  
(Version 6.12)

ROMAN505  The fact that some numbers come up more often does not mean they come up statistically more often; it means they come up more often in accord with statistical expectation. That is, there is no pattern, no prediction, no wealth; only losses and a characteristic sadness.

Did you know that people who gamble are normally more depressed than those who do not? Their problem is their dreams remain unfulfilled, the thrill of the bet is a terribly short one. Non-gamblers do not have that problem.

The reason someone would write such an application and charge for it is that they already know there are people who are willing to make losing bets, so why would they not make another one to the profit of the developer?

For the price of weekly lottery money, you can feel pretty good with chocolate and no sense of disappointment afterward :-)  
(Version 6.9)

ORGANIK  A lot of people don't get the purpose of this app, and don't get that gambling is about the fun of chance. Of course it doesn't really work, but if it makes the lottery FEEL like there's a way to cheat it - then it's worth every penny. And, statistically some numbers DO come up more often or less often than others, just check calottery.com - they'll gladly give you all the stats you want, because they know it doesn't make any difference.

Is it worse to throw away some cash on this app if it makes you feel like you''ve got better odds than it is to play the lottery in the first place? I think not.  
(Version 6.9)

TROUTNC  I purchased this app and now wish I had not.

The reason:

Just 3 or 4 months after purchasing v5.6.1, this new version appeared. Satori has offered no upgrade policy for me to move up to the new version, and I refuse to purchase the same app twice.

I believe this slights people such as me who have supported the upgrade process. I emailed Satori Publishing months ago and was told an upgrade policy was forthcoming. But I have not seen any evidence of any effort to follow through on their part.

I suggest that no one further support such unscrupulous developers.  
(Version 6.8)

BEBDABHRHBRWEFG 3R§5Y5H4WTEDSFB  like the three reviewers below me said!

lottery numbers are randomly generated. you can do all the "advanced statistical analysis" and use all the "artificial intelligence (neural network) algorithms" you like, it ain't gonna make any difference

[i'm only surprised the developer feels the need to bother writing applications and trying to hawk them for $35 in the first place - surely with all the lottery winnings he or she must have accumulated thanks to this programme, money is no longer a problem?]  
(Version 6.8)

BUGSMAN (I ZAP GERMS)  How has this got 4.5 stars?

The entire premise is flawed. Random numbers are random numbers. End of story.

Send me anything you like via PayPal and I will consult my crystal ball for you, giving you a much better chance of winning than paying for this.  
(Version 6.8)

BRIONYBOB  Pointless.  
(Version 6.8)

8OO8  Ok, I'll tell it like it is; this is an overpriced bolus of fecal matter designed to appeal to suckers.

There really isn't anything more to say about it, now is there?  
(Version 6.6)

LORD LIGHTNING  Claims it accepted the Lottery Challenge but doesn't tell you that the Lottery Challenge was abandoned in 2004 due to lack of response. However, I used it for a period of six months and fluked several small wins - no more, no less than chance would give. Probably won less than $50 over six months.

I was also troubled by the claims that it uses the work of Professor Edwards Deming. I studied with Professor Deming many years ago and I am familiar with his work. I honestly can not see its application to lottery software. For a start, where are the red balls?

Finally, it is too expensive for what it does and it stinks that you have to keep paying for updates.  
(Version 6.5.1)

PALADINO  I wonder if the developer uses his own program. And if he does, has he won a lotto jackpot yet? If not, why not? Of those who have purchased Lotto Sorcerer, have any of them won a jackpot?

If not, why not?

And of all those who use this app, how many of them have won anything at all?

These are questions that need to be answered before anyone decides whether or not to purchase it, IMHO.  
(Version 6.5.1)

SYHARRIS  I'd say, if you purchase Lotto Sorcerer believing that it'll give you an advantage when playing Lotto, than you are deluded.

It's all pure chance, regardless of any patterns that may seem to show when factoring all previous Lotto numbers.

The only one who stands to "win" with Lotto Sorcerer is it's developer, when you purchase this app.

Still think there's some "system" out there that'll give you an advantage"? Hmmm? Well, dream on, my friend, dream on.....  
(Version 6.5)

AMBUSH  come on guys.... lotto results can't be predicted. period.  
(Version 6.5)

RUSSELL GLEASON  Do you suppose if this really worked that they would be selling it?  
(Version 6.4)

ANONYMOUS  The folks at Lotto Sorcerer want o charge for this 'upgrade", yet they don't have any pricing in place! Guess what? I'm not paying any more for this program. I'll stick with Lotto Tracker II, which I still own!  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  I predict this won't work, the odds are something like 13 million to one, doesn't matter how many times you do the lottery, the odds remain the same  
(Version 4.1.4)

ANONYMOUS  Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.  
(Version 4.1.4)

ANONYMOUS   As long as YOU realize that you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning twice in the same day, and in the same place, than winning the lottery, you'll find this a neat application. Actually, the author of this program has improved the minuscule chances for a few of us to win some lottery bucks now and then. His author's approach, and his statistical analysis, are sound and LS provides a handy crutch for some of us who may be "guessed-out" from playing the lottery. Remember, though, lightning can strike twice in the same place with greater probability than winning the big one!  
(Version 4.1.4)

ANONYMOUS  I see a lot of posts here from people about statistics and odds and such... blah blah blah... As you can probably tell by my grammar and spelling, I am not the sharpest tool in the shed :)... That being said, I AM smart enough to know that there is no way to predict the lottery... that didn't stop me from buying this program... :)... Why??? .. because its not really about that.. its about peoples dreams... everyone likes to have that little bit of hope that their numbers are a little better than everyone elses :)... anyway.. i like this program... its easy to use and it has a good gimmick... :) ... the author was considerate enough to tell you (if you bothered reading it) that there is no way to predict a the next numbers in a random sequence... it's only supposed to recognize anomalies that are burried to deep in data for the average person to recognize... anyway, thats my 2 cents... flame it if you want... oh ... for all you lottery players out there ... remember ... people win it all the time.. otherwise there would be no reason to play :) good luck   
(Version 4.1.3)

ANONYMOUS  This is spam. It costs the guy essentially nothing to post an update. If one person in a million buys it, he makes a nickel. That's all there is to it.

Of course if some moron is richly entertained by such nonsense, his/her $27.95 is well-spent.  
(Version 4.1.3)

TIRED AND WEARY  Daft! By definition there is no pattern to random selection! If you toss a coin and get 'heads' 9 times in a row, the chances of 'heads' on the 10th throw are still the same 50/50 that applied in every case. To correctly guess 6 numbers out of 49 is approx 17,000,000 to 1 against, no matter what the numbers are (although I bet no-one has ever bought a ticket with nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6 even though they have as much chance of winnning as any combination!) To my mind charging money for this is no more than attempting to obtain money by deception.  
(Version 4.1.3)

ANONYMOUS  seems like this is a nice way to waste $35 on something silly-- who would buy a word processor that has a off chance of working? why buy a number generator that statically has no better chance than you to pick the right numbers?  
(Version 4.1.2)

ANONYMOUS  The only way this would work is the lotto people made some mistake, ie, they use a random number generating algorithm (not all lottos use the ping-pong balls, you know) that is faulty. I think one local lotto in AZ or somewhere close had a computer algorithm that never picked the number 6. Stuff like that (although they caught the mistake after a few months).  
(Version 4.1.1)

DUNESTRIDER  Dear Anonymous,

Lotto Sorcerer checks for non-random and weighted influences in drawings. Apparently you did not make much effort to read the docs.   
(Version 4.1)

ANONYMOUS  This is totally pointless. There has not been enough lottery drawings to make any statistical analysis that would return usable results, otherwise statisticians would be rich people. Say the lottery has been drawn once a week over the last 100 years, that would be 5200 sets of winning numbers. That is not nearly enough to even start guessing the higher probability of certain numbres. It's random, so don't waste your time, and if you want to waste your 35 bucks, buy a lottery ticket, it might actually bring a return. maybe, just maybe...  
(Version 4.0.5)

JOHN  Nice app. The interface is a little wacky, but it works. I was able to import lotto numbers and generate picks fairly easily.

My only beef with this app - $35. WAAAAAY too much money. If it came with lotto histories already input, that'd be one thing.

The price should be $0/free with 0.5% percentage of any winnings :) (That be $15,000 for a 3mil pot)  
(Version 4.0.5)

DEREK  The developer acknowledges that lotteries are theoretically statistical and stochastic -- but the program attempts to predict patterns based on the non-ideal nature of lotteries... e.g. the differing mass between the balls, etc.

Probably most people who buy lottery tickets are uninformed enough to "fall" for these programs... they may work, but the advantage they provide is probably slimmer than the odds of winning the lottery itself.  
(Version 4.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  If it works, then why would he sell it, instead of just using it to win the lottery?  
(Version 4.0.4)

CYBERDYNE  Save the money you spend in loteries to buy a new Mac.

You're 100 % sure to win.  
(Version 4.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Seems like the only one winning here is the author, $35 for what exactly?, It's about time we rid ourselves of these bogus little back-bedroom software writers...  
(Version 4.0.1)

ALWAYS LOSING  Can all the winners please step forward??  
(Version 4.0.1)

PC  Guys! Guys! It's just a bit of fun! :)  
(Version 3.2.1)

I NEVER GAMBLE  It is true that all numbers have the same probability to be drawn BUT people tend to play always the same numbers (eg their birth date, especially the year but also the month). As these events (eg births) are not evenly distributed, avoiding to play the corresponding dates increases the gain expectancy (and therefore lowers the price of the loto ticket).

This software is not stupid, nor are its users. Statistically speaking : 100% of those who won were loto players.  
(Version 3.2.1)

LORD LIGHTNING  Yeah, like this guy is sharing this applicatin with us because he is bathing in money he has already won from using it!!! Get out a tape measure and use your own body to measure all the differnt bits (even the naughty bits) in inches. stick with these numbers until you lose weight. Yeah, didn't you know your lotto chances change with your wieght? Dear oh dear.  
(Version 3.2.1)

ANONYMOUS  Use of this program actually decreases your potential payoff because it does the same analysis and suggestion for everyone who uses it, meaning that if you should happen to get a number that hit, you'll be sharing that prize with everyone else who played that same number. So while the odds of any particular pick getting hit are the same, the odds of you sharing depend on social factors. This program and programs like it create a social situation that harms your position more than it benefits it.  
(Version 3.2.1)

LKM  This is just simply stupid. But I guess people stupid enough to play Lotto (or similar games) are stupid enough to believe that an app can help them predict the number. News Flash: It's random. No matter what numbers you pick, the chance of winning is the same (pretty much zero percent, that is).

Anonymous wrote:

>This is just statstical odds.

You don't understand statistics.

>I find that I have a better chance of winning if I

>choose some numbers and stick with them until

>they hit.

No, you don't have a better chance of winning if you do that. No matter what you do, the chance of winning remains *exactly* the same.  
(Version 3.2.1)

ANONYMOUS  Whoever gambles is retarded. And to think this program will help you win...   
(Version 3.2.1)

ER  Gullible is written all over the ceiling. This isn't exactly the place to put much effort in discussing mathematical theory...but c'mon, who would buy into this nonsense?  
(Version 3.2)

ANONYMOUS  If you are satisfied with the idea of winning small amounts of money playing your state's lottery, then Lotto Sorcerer will help you SOME. It will pick numbers for you, but better than that, as you input numbers for each drawing, it gives you a database that you can look at and choose your own numbers from. What good is that? Well, if you tire of the program not giving you winning numbers, you can decide for yourself which numbers are cold and have a chance to hit. Accurate? No more so than any other way of picking numbers. When I began using this program (May 2003), I won every few days for several weeks (drawings held 7 days a week).

Spending about $11, I won $28. After those weeks, however I have not won more than $2 a month or so. This is just statstical odds.

I find that I have a better chance of winning if I choose some numbers and stick with them until they hit.

If you believe you can win a million dollar pot, using this program then go ahead and believe that.

The only things I don't like about this program are that there's no way to download state lotto numbers. I just put a new hard drive in my iMac and saved the old (numbers) file, but when I opened the file, it was corrupted. Now, I have to input months of lotto draws. That's a pain in the a.... I also don't like that there isn't an in-depth analysis that we can read and understand. Would like to see the addition of Keno and 3 & 4 number daily lottos.

I'm reasonably satisfied with this program. I use it almost every day. Purchase price isn't too bad, but program could have more features for the money. This program is no better or worse than any other lotto program; so it's a toss-up.  
(Version 3.1)

DWT  I hope it is clear to everyone that it is mathematically impossible to predict the next numbers in any way.

The author doesn't seem to emphasize this point pretty badly in the short description on this page...  
(Version 3.1)

GCG  Well this program is quite easy to use. NOTE: One problem it has though is that it does not import the lotto database from a version os Sorcerer. The solution is to REPLACE 'lotodorc.rdb" with the old version of this file. That way your previous lotto results should be available in the new version of Sorcerer. Otherwise Sorccerer has a clean GUI and functions as advertised. You realize, of course, that the probability of winning a lottery is about the same as getting struck by lightning twice in the same day. With that in mind, Sorcerer is fun to use!  
(Version 3.0.3)