I'll be as brief as I can.
1. No man or machine can accurately and consistently know what the next winning combination will be.
2. The best we can do is generate rationale tracking charts that provide useful clues that aid the guesswork in choosing which digits/numbers seem to have the best chance of being in the next winning combination.
I have a paper/pen workout that uses the power of substitution to generate multiple tracking charts that map game history. In other words, the detailed charts reveal where a game has been and where it might be headed in future.
There are many charts and almost all of them provide good clues from time to time.
One important feature relies on the notion that a winning combination has an alphabetical signature.
Examples: 148/ABC; 123/AAA; 489/BCC; 320/AAR, etc.
According to the Alpha Signature trend charts, the next winning combination should include two As and a C, or, AAC.
If I'm interpreting the trend correctly, one of my charts (Star Chart) indicates that the lottery digits for the double A could be a '1' and '3'.
Therefore, my response to the Serge challenge is that a '1' will be in the winning combination for the May 2 Texas Pick 3 Evening drawing.
What is a Star Chart??
It's a trend chart that tracks 3 or 4 of the 10 digits in a pick 3 game.
Each time a 1, 2 or a 3 is in a winning combination, it is logged on the chart with a large, black dot at the appropriate Row/Column coordinates.
This chart, which is very useful for folks who have the ability to mentally evaluate a trend and make an intuitive judgment on where the dot will fall next, provides a quick guess, in lieu of detailed chart analysis.
I use the chart to help me make what my intuition and other factors indicate are good choices.
A big feature of the chart is the presence of unique dot patterns depicting Right and Left Diagonals, Right and Left Steps, Teaspoon, Tablespoon, Bowls with two, three, or four dot base, a large M or W, and other patterns.
These patterns are formed by numerical sequences, but guessing the next pattern is more fun.
Here are the last nine consecutive Dot positions I evaluated for this challenge.
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The 'e' indicates the cell is empty.
'A'
1*eeeeeeee
2eeee***e*
3e***eee*e
'C'
7eeee*ee*e
8e**ee*eee
9*ee*eeee*
0eeeeee*ee
Note that the last 3 dots in 'A' formed what I call a Teaspoon (22232).
What's Next? I'm guessing the next dot will be on Line A will be '1' and then '3'.
This will generate a Right Diagonal.
'C' - I don't see any pattern possibilities, which occurs frequently with Line C.
Therefore, I referred to other tracking charts to guide my selection.
I call the chart STAR because if anyone can evaluate the trend and make the correct choice most of the time is certainly a Lotto Star!!
My educated guess is that the next combination will contain the digits 1, 3 and 8.