Quick pick, in full
The name changes with the jurisdiction. Most US lotteries say quick pick, the UK National Lottery calls it a Lucky Dip, and some operators use Easy Pick or print QP on the ticket. The mechanism is the same everywhere. The terminal draws a valid line from the game's number pool and prints it, so the player never marks a slip.
A quick-pick line has exactly the same chance as a hand-picked line. In a 6/49 game there are 13,983,816 possible tickets and each one is equally likely, so the method of choosing does not move the probability at all. Whether the choice matters for any other reason, including what a shared jackpot would leave you, is worked through in our guide to quick pick versus choosing your own.
- Lottery mechanics
- Easy pick, Lucky dip, Quik pik
A worked example
Two people buy UK Lotto tickets for the same draw. One marks 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 by hand. The other asks for a Lucky Dip and gets 4, 19, 26, 41, 52, 58. Both lines sit inside the same 45,057,474 possible six-number combinations from 59, and both play the same two rounds, so both carry odds of 1 in 22,528,738. The only thing the second ticket saved was time.
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Where it comes up on this site
Quick pick: frequently asked
No. They turn up on plenty of winning tickets because they turn up on plenty of tickets.
On most terminals, no. The line prints complete and cannot be edited afterwards. If you want a mix, buy a hand-picked line and a quick pick as separate entries, or mark the numbers you care about on a slip and let the terminal fill any panels you left blank.