There are various published methods, websites and other media concering ways of positively enhancing your wealth by selecting numbers to play for your next local big lottery.

Another way to wealth is to create such media, in the hope of generating revenues through its sales. At no charge, the following guideline is provided to help in improving your wealth and ultimate happiness through the selection of random numbers. The following takes the example of the 6/49 type lottery - ie. pick 6 numbers from 1 to 49 - the more that match the more you win:

- A legitimate lottery is based on the selection of a truly random set of numbers. This is supposedly controlled by some authourity and would hopefully prevent the priviledged from affecting results in their favour. In this respect, it is impossible for anyone to predict the next draw - unless they have divine, telekinetic, infallable visionary abilities, are crooked or the system is flawed.

- The money spent on buying a lottery ticket will naturally bring you unlikely returns on your investment for the lottery to survive. The time you spend picking your lottery numbers could also be profitably spent in other activities - Unless you find great pleasure in picking these numbers. Otherwise that time could be spent persuing what you consider happiness or fulfilment - for example trading speculative Internet stocks.

- To save time on picking numbers, some lotteries allow you to let them choose a random number for you. Take this option as it requires no effort from you. Unless of course the company responsible has implemented a scheme to eliminate those numbers once the unfortunate pick them. Whatever number you pick has as much a chance as any other.

- Failing that pick, any other will do- for example the last draw's numbers. There is as much chance of the same numbers coming up as any other. Note however that the chance of the same number coming up in two consecutive draws is very small - but this is not the same thing. Past history will not affect the future draw. This is the same as picking the same numbers every draw - your favourite numbers.

- Have your child count the numbers out for you - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. They have just as much chance as any other.

- Pick whatever numbers you want, for the sheer entertainment value.

- Spend your money on something else - Beer, DVD re-release of Bucks Fizz videos, French cheese, for example.