It averages out. about 25% of lottery plays are player picked while 75% are quick picks. Statistically speaking about 25% of winning tickets are player picked while the rest have been quick picks. The lottery is purely a game of chance and randomized number generation. So the law of averages works over time for this. Don’t forget that you could play the same number every single day for 10 years, not win, and still have the exact same odds tomorrow as you did 10 years ago. this is because the odds reset with every draw.