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Tinkermen Lotto Report - General Explanation of Mathematical Discovery neededReply
Tinkermen Lotto Report Lottery Post Challenge I would like to officially challenge All of the Lottery Post Forum Members here to collectively Create, Inform, Change and Make History TOGETHER!!!! This is also a response to AllenB s question as to: I am puzzled by you wanting to Educate people who are not Lottery Folks about cataloging methods for the game history ((BACKGROUND)) Currently Allen, the public's perception about the Lottery in general is that it is totally RANDOM. And t
May 13, 2019, 3:14 pm - Tinkermen - Mathematics Forum

Quick Picks can't match the power of Self PicksReply
'Looking at a Pick 6 game, the average result is 0, 1, or 2 numbers- which doesn't pay at all.' Typical 'apples to oranges' comparison, Pick 5 and Pick 6 are different combinatorially. If you're going to talk about Pick 5, let's keep it on the same page. Don't interject with a Pick 6 game as a diversionary tactic. The majority of your posts have been Pick 5 related, keep it that way. There is this part you forgot to mention, 'You'd better contact the Wisconsin Lottery and tell them they ar
Dec 4, 2007, 4:54 pm - JADELottery - Mathematics Forum

Math challenge - Mega Millions white ball range
There are 70 white (main) balls in Mega Millions. The player chooses 5 balls from 1 to 70 (or opts for a Quick Pick to randomly choose the same). Define R (for range) as max ball - min ball + 1 . For example, if the player chooses the balls {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, then R = 5. Now consider the case where the balls are chosen randomly, such as a Quick Pick or lottery drawing for the winning numbers. R is now a random variable, and the set of all possible values of R is {1, 2, 3, ... , 70}. Suppose th
Apr 29, 2023, 11:17 am - Orange71 - Mathematics Forum

Cash 5 Math PuzzleReply
Hi oate, thanks for your gracious reply. I rushed and shot from the hip, just got lucky seeing that set of numbers. I was told back in grade school to watch my carelessness, guess it still gets me sometimes ;) I have seen many puzzles posted that are thought-provoking, so even without a response there is value in them. Remember the Monty Hall problem that caused some stir? Now the question is, pick your own numbers, use quick pick, use the Random site, or use a calculator (I have programs on my
Mar 4, 2019, 9:51 pm - mathbum - Mathematics Forum

Question please about smartpick...Reply
I dont know what snip smart pick is. Many people coin the term smart pick. Different from Quick Pick or Easy Pick. It is looking for a particular pattern. In the case of the the person mentioned in the above posts, those smart picks are looking for mostly three particular patterns. Generally the pattern is either increasing, decreasing or symmetrical. You can read the book to get an idea of what those patterns look like.
Mar 23, 2015, 5:42 pm - ProfessorChaos - Mathematics Forum

What Does It Take To Win (Mathematically Speaking?)Reply
However the study presumed that the quick pick tickets have actually the same probability as the same number of tickets chosen by the player and that is not entirely true. Because the quick pick, chooses the number randomly (or as near to random as a computer can be), there is a small but finite probability that multiple quickpicks would be the same numbers or share some of the same numbers, two tickets with exactly the same numbers have half the chance of two tickets with different numbers, two
Jan 30, 2011, 11:58 pm - jwhou - Mathematics Forum

Quick Picks can't match the power of Self PicksReply
The main objective here is to document my selections before the actual draw. If there are those in the Quick Pick Community who would like to challenge this topic, then document your selections here at the Lottery Post. Post your Quick Pick Selections on the Prediction Board and Prove It.
Oct 12, 2007, 4:51 pm - JADELottery - Mathematics Forum

Quick Picks can't match the power of Self PicksReply
There are some people who just don't get it and then there are Some People Who Just Don't Get It. The odds and equal probability of each combination is not in question and the probability of each combination for both Self Picks and Quick Picks are the same on a combinatorial basis, only. Also, the proportion of separate sales and wins for the respective play types is not the problem. Herein lay the problem, it's when Quick Picks are compared to Self Picks. It reminds me of the snotty
Sep 11, 2007, 10:08 am - JADELottery - Mathematics Forum

Odds/Number Of TicketsReply
The whole point about consistently playing one or more tickets is to try and deture the luck factor...not that there is anyone who can honestly say that they don't need it for these kind of games. Point is, the larger lotteries are most often won with quick picks because the amount of different combinations sold via quick pick represents the largest portion/fraction of different combinations being played against the total amount of combinations which are possible in any given drawing. So
Nov 30, 2006, 4:07 pm - Thoth - Mathematics Forum

The Math and The LotteryReply
I tend to use quickpicks- but some of the combinations seem highly unlikely. For example, having 54-55-56 as 3 of the 5 numbers seems like a longshot, but of course every drawing is statistically independent of anyother previous lottery drawings. In the past I have spread the numbers as to not pick 3 numbers with the same first digit.Do the majority of you pick your own numbers because you feel as though the quick picks give spreads (spaces between numbers) that are often consecutive and dis
Dec 4, 2005, 8:09 pm - MickSeven - Mathematics Forum