The winning lotto numbers

Do they exist in advance, or do they come into being only when the machine is spun.
Either way, does it make a difference? As if I can travel forward in time, retrieve the winning numbers and come back again.
And if they exist now, it's not as if I can summon them from the ether into my mind.
It's a game my mind likes to play.
And my mind likes to tell me I can be a winner.

It's an escapist thing I know. But I happen to like it all the same.