16-17-18-27-28

I'd be surprised if anyone played this set of numbers.  This is the type of crappy pick you sometimes get out of a machine for a quick pick. Maybe someone got lucky.

I don't think I have ever seen a draw like this.  I'm besides myself.  All consecutive system/series of numbers. Anybody in other states ever see this happen? Tomorow has to be better.

BTW: I don't know about you...but the new "little bit of luck" character ad campaign NY Take 5 is running makes me naseous. 

These kind of draws happen all the time in jackpot games.  There's another thread elsewhere discussing it.

Here's two draws from this week from our 5/31 game :

1-3-5-10-23

1-2-6-20-29

And here's three beauties from this week from our 6/39 game

1-4-5-7-9-30

3-6-8-12-28-37

17-19-30-31-33-38

Really, I think it's a waste of time trying to figure out what numbers will come in for any jackpot game.  If you do it, and enjoying doing it, and have fun doing it, then more power to you.  But the results will likely be no better than Quickpicks. 

It's happened on tickets I've bought. It's happened in drawings I've played. Those two events haven't happened together.

The 2/2/08 draw for California's Fantasy 5 was 7-9-11-13-15; it was also pretty unusual that 14 people hit the 5/5 for about $9500 each.

I know how ya feel.  Interesting thing, 3 people hit those #'s and only *1* was a qp... and I didn't have to look far as I found this set

on 7/11/07... which had NO winners.. 

ok, lets see if HOT/COLD works in regards to NY Take 5... so far for the month of Feb here are the hot cold #"s

Hot

18- hit 5 times

2 hit 4 times

27 hit 4 times

COLD

4, 11, 12, 23,24,32

ALL AT ZERO ...

oK, so last night was

1 5 21 23 37

so the 23 hit is is off the cold list..

wow, check out all the cold #'s that hit last night..

4,12,18,19,31

so 4,12 hit last night 23 hit the night before that leaves

11, 24, 32 left at ZERO hits for Feb..

The hot/cold playing method bothers me. But hey..if you win. OK 

Cold: 

11, 24 & 32.  Yep.  They are cold.  But other numbers such as 3 and 39 (for example) are overdue.

But you know four cold numbers hitting is unusual.  Usually one cold number hits. Sometimes two. Sometimes none.  Dreaded 18 will also go cold.

Hot: 

Although random probability mindsets will disagree, to me, every time a number hits, it's probability of hitting the next time decreases. Skips and repeats are flukes and only luck, intuiton and/or playing alot of combos will help you catch it.

This and the many other observations we make about the (can I? dare I?  use the word pattern?) are interesting and need to be considered. 

I agree with everything you said Downanddirty about hot/cold.  I have actually stopped playing Take 5 as I am testing ideas on this site & tracking #'s on my end before spending the money.  But I think there IS a pattern here, it is just hard to find..