"I'm terrible at math and statistics, but I wonder-
are your chances better if you play the same numbers week after week?"
The simple answer is NO.
Although each drawing is an independent event, meaning what happened in prior drawing does not determine what will happen in the current drawing, a number that last came out 8 months ago has a lesser chance of coming out again in the next, say, ten drawings, than a number that came out during the last 2 drawings.
That is wholly completely 100% false. The chances of last week's numbers winning this week is the exact same as any random number winning. I know it's difficult to understand but it is fact.