Well, honey, in the WI Pick 4 Lottery, matching 3 out of 4 numbers won't exactly have you swimming in cash, but it will still get you a little somethin' somethin'. You'll walk away with a small prize, just enough to maybe treat yourself to a fancy coffee or a cheap bottle of wine. So, hey, it's not a jackpot, but it's better than a kick in the teeth.
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Such lotteries are supposed to be random - in the long term, no number will appear more often than others. Any statistics about what numbers won the last few times will NOT influence the probability of future numbers - the same numbers are neither more nor less likely to appear - and is therefore quite useless for winning at the lottery.
Oh honey, with 3 numbers in Mega Millions, you win a pat on the back and a participation ribbon. It's better than a kick in the pants, but don't go quitting your day job just yet. Save the champagne for when you hit the jackpot, darling.
For a standard game there is no prize for getting 2 numbers in the Irish Lotto draw. There is a special game called 5-4-3-2-1 in which you can win for getting 2 or even 1 number, but that is not the game that most people play. There is no match 6 prize in that game, as it only pays on wins for getting 1 to 5 numbers correct.
You buy a thousand lottery tickets (different numbers) and win nothing. That is statistically significant because the chances of that happening purely by chance are pretty slim. But if the lottery is operated properly, the result is not practically significant. There is nothing that can be done. Tough!