Why You Shouldn’t Concentrate on Your Local Lotteries?
Depending on the reach of the lottery, there are two types of lotteries, one being local lotteries and the other with a wider reach, I’ll call them national. Online lotteries are a different kind of breed and they should be put into a different category, international lotteries. Most lottery players will play only one or two lotteries at most, and in most cases there are the so called local lotteries. Now, playing local lotteries only has its own advantages, but they also have a couple of flaws.
I try to mix things up a bit and take advantage of the merits each individual lottery can bring to the table. Well, that’s my approach. And here’s why you shouldn’t focus on local lotteries only!
You Never Know If You Can Do Better
This point is closely related to all of the below listed cons of focusing on local lotteries. The thing is, there usually is only a handful of local lotteries to play. Yes, you will master them eventually, but you can’t know if you can actually do better. You see, it’s better to be among the last in the top leagues, than to be the first one in the 2nd league. I guess most of you will agree with me on this one. Local lotteries are perfectly fine. But, I’d only recommend sticking to them until you get some knowledge and understanding of the basics.
This allows me to introduce you to the next detrimental disadvantage.
You Cannot Expand Your Knowledge and Your Understanding of the Lottery
Tunnel vision or not paying attention to your surroundings can happen if you don’t spice things up a bit. There’s one thing national and international lotteries are great about, they put your skills and experience to the very limits. As a lottery player, you should get out of your comfort zone once in a while. You know, it’s that thing when you learn something new, when you grow, when you push your limits. I remember back in college, one of our teachers liked to hang out with us. He kept stressing how important is to get out of our comfort zones and never stop growing. Since I started playing the lottery soon after I got out of college, I implemented this principle. So far so good, I’m happy with what I’m doing. However, as I mentioned earlier, I started with some local lotteries before I moved to the big leagues.
Concentrating on Local Lotteries Might Limit Your Winning Opportunities
The heading says it all. It’s pretty much straightforward. Local lotteries smaller player bases, which means the prize budgets are way lower than what you can expect from a national or international lottery. To illustrate, a local lottery might have a jackpot that reaches a 6 digit prize at the most. As you probably know, the Powerball lottery is the throne holder with the highest lottery jackpot ever recorded. No local lottery will ever get even near that number. It’s just one of the perks of going big. Yes, more players are in the race for the jackpot, but it’s definitely worth it! Imagine winning the Powerball days after you buy your first ever Powerball lottery ticket? People won’t believe you!
Is It Actually Fun to Concentrate Only on Local Lotteries?
I mean, really? Playing the same old lotteries over and over again, where’s the fun in that? First and foremost, the lottery is my hobby. This means that it has to be entertaining. I have to have fun playing the lottery! I’m sure that most of you are not full time lottery players, which means you should be having playing the lottery in the first place.
One of the key fun factors is a mystery, exploring new grounds, or in our case, playing a new lottery. Even if you live in one of the most lottery dense locations, you still can’t quench your thirst for new lotteries. At least I can’t. That feeling when you buy a lottery ticket for a new lottery, oh dear. If you play local lotteries only, you can have this feeling only a limited number of times. Once you go “global” you can switch to a different lottery every month, although, I highly discourage you from doing this. Try to maintain some kind of balance. Otherwise, you won’t be able to learn the secrets of the lottery, ergo lower returns.
You Cannot Find the Right One – Go Global
Who knows, the right lottery for you might not be among the local lotteries. Maybe you’re the next Powerball winner, but you will never find out if you don’t stick your head out of the local lotteries. It doesn’t have to be the Powerball, it can be your national lottery! The bottom line is, you have put yourself out there. I repeat, there’s nothing wrong with local lotteries if considered individually, but if I group them altogether, the problems that arise are apparent. Best case scenario, you win some of your local lotteries and you consistently have high returns, good results. Worst case scenario, you keep playing your “favorite” local lottery because you are too stubborn to give another lottery a chance.
You Are Missing Out on Diversity – Local Lotteries Can’t Beat That!
Diversity!!! Over the past century lottery operators have brought a lot of innovations to the world of lottery. They, in cooperation with lottery players from around the world have made considerable efforts to spice the lotteries. Some lotteries had their rules revamped, recreated from scratch. Other lotteries have changed their nature drastically. Local lotteries have gone online, reaching out to a huge player base. This reach expansion brings bigger prize budgets, faster growing jackpots and more importantly, it brings stability to the given lottery.
