While AI can analyze patterns and make predictions in many areas, accurately predicting Powerball numbers likely remains ...

Just in time for Friday's $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot, I was contacted by something called Lotto N Crowd that says its proprietary algorithm can help customers pick winning numbers.

The powerful algorithm incorporated into the system evaluates past winning numbers, eliminating losing combinations and focusing on numbers with a higher probability of success.

The set of algorithms is named after Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Born in 1887 to a store clerk and a homemaker, Ramanujan was a child prodigy who came up with many mathematical ...