This is the post in the other thread:
Still amazes me as to how many people try to use mathematical formulas to pick numbers to play. I prefer to track facts. Regards the All or Nothing here's a run down on what I have found out. For those who haven't played, the game has 24 numbers (1 through 24) and you have to pick 12 numbers. With that many to pick and the field of numbers as small as it is, it is rather hard not to get any of the numbers. If you get 5-6-7 numbers you get nothing. If you get 1 to 4 or 8 to 12 you get something. Ticket cost you $2 so if you get 8 numbers or 4 numbers you win $2....or get your money back.
I prefer to track one particular game each day and that is the Noon game. My findings could be applied to all the other drawings as I believe the facts would be similar from game to game each day just as from AM to AM, Noon to Noon, etc.
Here you go: To begin with the numbers on the Texas game card are in rows of 6 numbers so there are 4 rows with 6 numbers each. Since the game began last September there has been only 3 or 4 times that all numbers came from 3 rows. Never been two rows. This tells me that the numbers I pick will be ones from each of the four rows.
2. Numbers repeat from game to game. As few as 3 to as many as 9. Most of the time 5-6 or 7 digits repeat with an occassional 8.
3. Even and Odd numbers. Sometimes the 12 digits are 50/50 meaning 6 Odd and 6 Even. Other times they are 5-7, 7-5, 4-8 or 8-4. Seldom any other
division.
4. Just as the Numbers split variously so do the number of digits that play are 1 through 12 and 13 through 24. Sometimes this is a 6-6 and other times 7.7-5, 4-8 or 8-4. Seldom ever 3-9 or 9-3.
5. Consecutives and Singles: Consecutive is 2 or more numbers grouped together. A Single is simply that. A number that plays with neither number before or after playing. There has been as few as 1 consecutive and as many as 5 but most of the time it is 3 or 4. For Singles, as few as 2-3 to as many as 7.
6. Denominations: There are 3 Denominations. Singles, Teens and 20's As other facts, this varies too. Most of the time is a variation of 345, 246, 165. Occassionally a 444, 336 or 255. As with any Pick 6 games and there being 6 possible combinations of 3 digits and 3 possibles of 2 digits, this applies also to these combinations with one exception. There can never be 6 digits in the 20's as the numbers are 20 through 24 (5 digits).
Row Spread: Even this has patterns. 3-3-2-4, 3-3-4-2, 2-2-4-4: 1-5-3-3; etc. I think you can get the idea. As few as 1 number has played on 1 Row and asw many as 6 however the max usually is 5 numbers.
I also also look at Repeat of Repeats. Positional Repeats. There are about 30 "facts" that I look at to determine numbers to play and generally get 8 digits every day. I track by positions, denominations, rows, etc.
Let me give you one ide for thought. If I find the numbers are going to do a 50/50 split meaning 6 numbers from the 1st 12 and 6 numbers from the 2nd 12, then I know the 6th number that plays will be no higher then 12. Most of the time the 1st number is 1 to 4 with occassional 5 and rarely the 6. The 12th numbers is generally 23 or 24. The lowest high number has been 19. Knowing this eliminates a lot of combinations to play. Same can apply to numbers in the other 10 positions. Make you a chart and analyze the last (at least) 35 games to see what is the lowest and the highest. All other numbers can be pretty much eliminated.
Other things I look at that I won't go into right now is Alpha Patterns which I chop the 12 digits into groups of 3 for analysis. : If you can determine 1 number that is going to play and what "position" that number will appear in you can reduce your odds from 1 in 1,000 down to 1 in 100. Eliminate Pures and Doubles and that can be further reduced. Hint for finding that "1 numbers" is...60-62% of the time a number will repeaat from game to game. MIght do this 2-3-4-5 or more times and then "break" (none repeat) and start another string. Most of the time all 3 digits will come from within the last 4 games. Other times 2 numbers will come from the last 4 games and 1 number from a game that played 5 or more games back. Seldom do all numbers from games that have played 5 or more games back.