I probably should have mentioned in the wrap-up, the previous entry, that in order to use this method you'll probably need to get the full histories of MM and PB from another site.  The histories on LP are good back to 2000, but stop there.  In trying to chase this it's been necessary a lot of the time to use draws from both of the major multi-states as far back as they go, 97, 98, and wish they went further for a better sampling.

The matrix changes over the years don't appear to have changed the patterns much.

Another thing that appears evident...... some draws will leave you with a lot larger set of numbers in the 3 draw sets than other draws (recurring numbers)....  I'm assuming there's a lot more to be discovered about the way all this fits together, that there are ways of boiling things down so's there's not much to scrape off the bottom of the pot....... but meanwhile, probably I'll confine myself to only playing draws where the size of the number pool is to my liking.

While the fundamental approach appears to be a good one, the various lotteries each seem to behave with somewhat different patterns within the overall system.  You'll probably need to play around with various methods to find the best one for your particular lottery, if you are trying to use this on one of the State Lotteries.

My two best shots, KS and NM Roadrunner, because I have friends in KS and NM's where I live, I haven't yet been able to find a way to get down far enough to make it worth playing. 

The numbers are there on the testing, but KS is particularly tricky because of the 5/32 1/25 weirdness...those lowball numbers are absolutely the most difficult to corral by this method.  I'm not sure what's the matter with NMRR....just seems to be running around outside the fences.

Which brings me to one last item.  Even though this sort of number behavior runs arse-end forward to everything the lottery managers and creators hope for, the evidence suggests it's consistent and that it's been going on for an awfully long time.  There's been a lot of speculation on the boards that electronic draws can be jimmied, but they don't appear to behave differently than mechanical systems, overall.  I think if you have a state lottery, particularly a state lottery with electronic draws, and if that state lottery refuses to show any signs of behaving the way everyone else in the herd is doing, you might be dealing with something I've referred to as 'familiar spirits' in another blog entry.

Jack