In a draw in which you need to pick six numbers from a possible forty-nine, there are close to fourteen million possible combinations. The exact figure is 13,983,816, with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 being just one of those combinations. As many as ten thousand people play those numbers every time a draw is made, flying in the face of common convention. We want to win, so we see patterns where none exist.