Speaking to Wired, Mr Garibaldi said: “When you gamble, normally a bigger chance of winning means a lower pay out. You’re not going to increase your chances of winning by some strategy about how you pick the exact numbers that you pick.”
However, using the example of the Powerball lottery in the USA, Mr Garibaldi said there were some ways a person could increase their chances.
He said: “For games like Powerball, you’d like to pick on unpopular numbers, you’d like to pick numbers that other people won’t pick.
“Don’t pick dates for example because a lot of people gamble based on dates.”
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Furthermore, he added: “If you look at the ticket where you pick your numbers, don’t just pick a column of numbers on that ticket, for example, because some people will do that.”
Another tactic employed by serial lottery players is to go for sequential numbers.
Although not a foolproof strategy, Mr Garibaldi said it could reduce the likelihood of having to share the jackpot with another winner.
However, in some cases, being willing to share the jackpot with another person has paid dividends for some lucky lotto victors.
Earlier this year, three men won £1million after forming a syndicate whilst studying together.
Alex Gwynne, 28 Dan Philips, 25, and Kyle Bowen, 25, started playing six years ago when another group from their college, Coleg Y Cymoedd, won £5,000 on The National Lottery.
After seeing their fellow students and their victory, they decided to form their own syndicate, called The Apprentices, to increase their chances of winning.
Mr Gwynne said when he initially got an email telling him they’d won it appeared they’d only scooped a miserly £2.40.
However, further investigation revealed the truth. He told the Mirror: “Feeling a bit disappointed that was all I’d won, I scrolled down to our syndicate tickets where my disappointment immediately stopped because I saw £1,000, then looked again and saw it was actually £1,000,0000. I was stunned, to put it mildly.”
Mr Gwynne added that the win “couldn’t have come at a better time for all of us as we move into ‘grown up’ life.”
Following their victory, the trio intend to treat themselves but also invest the money to secure their long-term future.
