1) Pessoas que jogam com menos frequência buscam marcar números que foram sorteados em concursos recentes. Enquanto, jogadores mais habituais evitam esses números;
2) Os jogadores tendem a escolher números que estão no centro do volante e evitam os cantos do bilhete;
3) Números pessoais como data de aniversários, número de telefone tendem a serem mais escolhidos;
4) Indivíduos tendem marcar o volante com um olhar sobre a simetria e estética dos números no papel;
5) Números que estão na memória de curto-prazo tendem a ser mais escolhidos.
E você, caro leitor, se identifica com algum desses padrões encontrados no momento da escolha dos números?
Resumo:
We explore people’s preferences for numbers in large proprietary data sets from two different lottery games. We find that players spread their four or six numbers relatively evenly across the possible range, and that they chase (infrequent players) or avoid (frequent players) winning numbers from recent draws. Furthermore, players are attracted towards numbers in the center of the choice form and avoid the edges, and they tend to choose numbers that are readily available or likely to be “primed” in their short-term memory. Personally relevant numbers are favored, and combinations of numbers are being formed with an eye for symmetry and aesthetics. Altogether, our results suggest that number preferences in lotteries are especially driven by joy seeking, attention, and misunderstanding of randomness.
Potter van Loon, Rogier J.D. and Van den Assem, Martijn J. and Van Dolder, Dennie and Wang, Tong V., Number Preferences in Lotteries (August 2015). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2657776
Resumo:
We explore people’s preferences for numbers in large proprietary data sets from two different lottery games. We find that players spread their four or six numbers relatively evenly across the possible range, and that they chase (infrequent players) or avoid (frequent players) winning numbers from recent draws. Furthermore, players are attracted towards numbers in the center of the choice form and avoid the edges, and they tend to choose numbers that are readily available or likely to be “primed” in their short-term memory. Personally relevant numbers are favored, and combinations of numbers are being formed with an eye for symmetry and aesthetics. Altogether, our results suggest that number preferences in lotteries are especially driven by joy seeking, attention, and misunderstanding of randomness.
Potter van Loon, Rogier J.D. and Van den Assem, Martijn J. and Van Dolder, Dennie and Wang, Tong V., Number Preferences in Lotteries (August 2015). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2657776