OK, it's the end of the month. Time for a few stats.
The units were the place to be this month. After last nite, 42 balls dropped with single digit numbers. The units will lead all number groups in November. It's possible for the tens to tie the units tonite, but we'd have to see all five numbers from the tens be drawn to do that. Not gonna happen. The tens are sitting at 37 hits, the twenty's at 36 and the thirty's at 30.
If you had been mostly playing the tens this year, you probably would have made out OK. That's because as of last nite, they have lead the way for all of 2014 with 442 hits. The units hit 416 times, the thirty's have 410, and the twenty's have 397. The total number of balls to be drawn this year (on 12/31/14) will be 1825. (December will be a 155 ball month). My gut tells me the tens will be the leader for 2014 on New Years day.
As of last nite, there's five numbers with 6 hits in November. (4,6,14,24, & 27) One of them will go to seven hits tonite, and will be the leader for the month of November. I'd go with the 6 or the 24 because they'd be repeaters from last nite.
My year to date spreadsheet is getting very interesting. It's only got a month left before it becomes useless for 7 or 8 months, but from now until Dec 31st it's got some good info on it. There's a good chance that 16 numbers will have 50 or more hits in 2014. In previous years, 16 different numbers having 50 or more hits for the year was huge. In some years, as few as 10 numbers had 50+ hits.
The 3 and the 25 will each get into the low thirty's for 2014. They're tied for the least number of hits in 2014. They're both sitting at 29 hits for the year. I figure they'll each hit 4 times in December, taking them to 33 hits for the year.
I dunno if I'm gonna do as much number tracking in 2015 as I've done in the past. That's because I just subscribed to Lotto Stats magazine. I've been a Lotto News subscriber for a while now, but I decided to try out Lotto Stats for a change. If they have the stats in the magazine that I've been keeping myself, well then, why would I bother? Know what I mean?
They also have a promotion going on to get people to subscribe. If you subscribe before 12/31, they'll enter you in what they call a "150 Million Dollar Super Club". You get 120 MM plays for free just by subscribing to their magazine(s) for 6 months. Starting after 1/24/15 if/when MM gets to a JP of 150 million, they'll enter the members of the super club in two consecutive MM drawings (with the megaplier played). Since I dont play MM much, and I wanted to see what Lotto Stats was all about, I took the plunge and sent them a check. G5