>> get ready, everybody. this is powerball. >> reporter: hitting the jackpot, 1 in 175 million. a crazy way to put that in context. try this. you are 28 times as likely to be killed by bees, which is why you need a system. everybody who came in and picked their own numbers came with a system. >> i pick my birthday. my birthday is coming up. >> my mother's birthday. one of my siblings, my dad. >> reporter: then jones told me there is the "look around the store for random numbers" system. >> you have 42. you have 46. you have 35. >> reporter: hmm. picking numbers off the shelves? there has got to be some more systematic system, right? we went in search of winning strategies, some well-worn, others just weird -- to find out what works. number one, trying to find a lucky number other than your birthdate? hit the web. there are over 5 million websites offering to cook up that karmic combination.