Quote: Originally posted by RL-RANDOMLOGIC on Dec 14, 2012
Boney526
Probability and statistics define very well certain aspects of game theory but like anything else who is to say
if it's complete. Newton defined what we thought for many years and was later proven wrong and that is the
nature of discovery. I have no problem with probability it's just that most don't know how to ues it. Chance
is a word that covers so much that any win can be defined by it. It's possible that the same set of numbers
could appear for twenty games in a row and the drawing could still be fair. There is a chance that this could
happen although it is not very probable. While the in a single drawing every number has the same exact odds
of showing this makes some to believe that self picks are tom foolery. Lets say that the numbers drawn in the
next power ball drawing are 1-2-3-4-5 BB=6. This set has the same exact odds of being drawn as any other
set in the matrix and I think most all of us know this. However over several draws we would not expect it to
show several times because the drawing is random. Some people get all excited and like to mention balls bouncing
around inside a hopper as proof that we cannot predict the next set no matter how hard we try. Let's consider the
game of blackjack for a moment. Most people consider it possible to win at this game if they follow a few rules and
make larger bets at the right time. It still envolves chance because they cannot know for sure that the cards will
fall in their favor. The game of black jack can be exploited because we know how many of each suite and value are
in the deck. If we count the cards then we can calculate the probability for what the next card might be. Once the
card is delt then it is certain. Now back to the lottery, If we consider only that each number has the exact same
changes of being drawn then we would be foolish to think that we could make any kind of calculation that might
prove better than another. So in order to increase our chances we must dig a little deeper and consider a few other
options. It does not matter how they select the numbers as lond as the selection process is not rigged in some
manner which would effect the set produced. Regardless of which numbers are drawn the full set of numbers already
exist within the matrix and the drawing is nothing more than taking a random sample from the whole. The thing with
random samples are that we are almost certain that two random samples wiill return two different items or sets of
numbers in this case. Fill your bathtub with marbles and try to pick the same one twice in a row blindfolded. Now
lets take a little different look at the sets of numbers and not the numbers themselves. Not all sets have the same
exact properities. If you study random sampling you will find out that by taking a small sample from a much larger
pool you can often define the pool by the samples taken. This is common practice in manufacturing al over the world
as a means to measure the number of defects within a process. If 10 out of every 100 random samples show a defect
then they can be almost certain that if they inspected every product that they would find that 10% were defective.
I view the lottery as taking random samples from a much larger pool. Let say that I look at the last 100 drawings and
find that 40 of them had 3 odd numbers. I might conclude that 3 odd numbers are hot hittters but if I know that around
40% of the sets in the matrix have 3 odd numbers then it makes sence. While I cannot say that 3 odd numbers will apear
in the next drawing I do know that around 40% of all draws will. If I choose to play only sets with 3 odd numbers then
I can expect to be correct around 40% of the time. However if I play sets with 1 odd number then I could only expect to
be correct 12% of the time. Because random sampling almost ensures that the samples will mimic the whole we now
have a bias for one value over another. While I have no pre-knowledge that the next draw will be 3 odd I do know what
to expect over the next several draws. In blackjack the cards are removed from the deck which creates a bias for some
values to be greater than others. This gives the player an edge if he can make a few calculations and keep count of what
has been removed. With the lottery the sets are returned to the deck so to say but the deck contains a bias for some
values over others. This is what every system should try to exploit and it why many believe that a smarter set cand be
built and played. The odds never change for the game but that does not mean that we cannot put ourselves in a better
position just like the blackjack player. For any system to do better that chance is a wide wide wide world of meaningless
chatter because chance can be used to cover anything. Even a 10 game winning streak can be charged to chance because
no matter how improbable it might be it is still possible. All the self confessed staticians love to take bets and try to look
big but it's foolishness to me. If I held my hand behind my back and asked how many fingers am I folding I could fool you
evry time because I could adjust them based on your answer. If chance can cover every possible outcome then why would
anyone try to beat it. If I win more than my share of prizes using my methods it could still fall within the realm of chance so
how would anyone know if it was my methods or a product of mear chance or a mixture of both. The bottom line here is that
a smarter set can be gotten building your own set than a QP but is is also possible that a QP could produce a set as smart
as a SP. I have heard many different challenges made here at LP. I have proven it to myself many times and we see it happen
many times right in front of our eyes. If QP's are better than SP's then why did they have to sele over a billion of them before
someone hit a JP with only 175 million possibilities. If I played as a system every possible combination within the matrix the
JP would be a sure thing. However you could easily gerenate a billion combinations using a RNG and not match 5+1. In all
my years of playing I cannot produce a JP ticket on demand but I win way more that anyone I know that plays QP's except
for the ones who by chance alone hit a JP. Once we have anything to do with tha sets we play then who can say if it's a
mere matter of chance or we effected the outcome?
RL