A columnist for the New York Daily News (Stephen Allensworth) provided tips for selecting numbers in New York State’s lottery. He advocated a system based on the use of “cold digits,” which are digits that hit once or not at all in a seven-day period. He made this statement: “That [system] produces the combos 5-8-9, 7-8-9, 6-8-9, 0-8-9, and 3-8-9.

These five combos have an excellent chance of being drawn this week. Good luck to all.” Can this system work? Why or why not?