Think winning the lottery is just about luck? Richard Lustig has won seven lottery grand-prizes and insists luck is not what helped him cash in. "I tell people all the time, luck has nothing to do with this," says Lustig, author of Learn How to Increase Your Chances of Winning the Lottery. "If you seriously want to win playing the lottery, you have to treat it like a job. You have to follow a method, you have to follow a plan, you have to stick to it."

Keep your losing tickets. "Losing tickets have value," says Richard. They can be tax-deductible. "You need an accountant that’s going to explain to you exactly if you qualify or not, but if you win enough money during a calendar taxable year ... you can write off your losing tickets against the taxes you paid on your winnings."

Do not buy quick picks. "The whole meat of my method is teaching people how to increase their chances of winning, by buying quick picks you never increase your chances of winning. Your chances are always going to be the same," he says. Instead, he suggests playing the same numbers continuously. "You will increase your chances at winning."

Buy several of the same scratch tickets at once to increase your odds. "First and most importantly pick your budget. That’s really important. Decide what your budget is, what you can afford to spend, don’t go crazy," he advises. "Divide your budget by the number 10 and buy 10 tickets in a row of the same game. So, if you’ve got $100 you’re going to buy 10 $10 tickets. If you only have $10, buy 10 $1 tickets."

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