Quick Picks now over 50 percent of Lotto winners

Matthew: I was curious to know what percent of Lotto winners win from Quick Picks. — Jim Sharkey, Pacific Beach

Last time we profiled the “typical” Lotto winner, the Quick Pickers were really lagging, somewhere down in the 35 percent range. But that was a few years ago. The most recent count, according to the Big Spinners in Sacramento, has the “I know this is my lucky number” players about even with the “cast your fate to the wind” crowd, now up to 52 percent. But that’s just as it should be, since (I say again) how you pick your number, what number you play, what store sells you the ticket, whether or not you wear your lucky tap shoes when you buy it — none of that makes any difference in your chances of winning. Really. It doesn’t matter. Okay, so you still don’t believe me. Fine. Just go on kidding yourselves....