Ronnie316,
If you're going to comment on my critique of Stack47's post, the least you could do is PRETEND that you read more than one of the points contained in it. What I had hoped is you would have accepted the challenge of making the associations between the key numbers in the C(5,2) Lotto game and the real world C(56,5). You chose to ignore it completely.
You and Stack47 keep saying that you already know everything that I post here, but you have provided very little evidence that this is true. You also keep saying that I have disrupted your team effort to find a way to "discard" 28 numbers from a field of 56 that leaves you with a higher probability of matching 5 of them with the Lottery Draw. I would think that If this really was your goal you would welcome any input you could get.
Why wouldn't you be interested in whether or not your goal is impossible to achieve? If you find convincing evidence it's impossible to increase your chances of winning a Jackpot with this method, you could move on to investigate other ideas.
I think you KNOW that if you select your 28 numbers randomly, your probability of correctly choosing the 5 winners is the SAME as it is when you select 5 from the full set of 56, precisely as you see it is in the C(5,2) game. So what you do is drag out your trusty Gambler's Fallacy and "discard" the balls that have been appearing recently, HOPING that the ones remaining are DUE. But you get discouraged when you find that the HOT HAND FALLACY often prevails when the HOT balls STAY HOT!
So, what you really should be doing here is trying to PROVE that the Gambler's Fallacy and the Hot Hand Fallacy are not really fallacies in Lotto. You can do this by simulating your method against a databse of all the winning draws of a game like the (56,5) White Balls of the Powerball. Try different "Look-Back" periods, stepping your way through the data until you find one that results in a winning ROI over the entire run. This is the way Market Timing Systems are devised for the Stock Market. If you can't find a Look-Back period that's a winner, you will be forced to Reject your Hypothesis and move on to greener pastures. If you find one, you can look for financial backers and start planning for retirement!
So I don't post something else that you already know, I'll ask first. Do you know the probability of finding 2, 3, 4, and 5 matches AMONG the 28 you choose before the draw?
--Jimmy4164