It is interesting to note that the probability for a digit to NOT BE DRAWN for 22 consecutive games in a particular position is 9.8477%.
(1-P)^22
This would seem to suggest that the probability for any digit to not be drawn within 22 consecutive games is worse than its individual probability (10% or 1/10) of being drawn in any one drawing.
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For those of you who like to say "The Balls Have No Memory" consider this: In the Pick 3, any ball that has not been drawn for 20 consecutive games is 2 times more likely to come up within the next ten drawings.
Skips in Ohio Pick 3 for 9,131 Consecutive Games
The following are the combined skip totals for all ten Digits (0-9) in all three positions (tracked in straight form only...not boxed)
GAMES OUT Hits
Skips 1 - 10....17961 -- (2763 are back to back repeats)
Skips 11 - 20.....6069
Skips 21 - 30.....2215
Skips 31 - 40......728 ----|
Skips 41 - 50......264 |
Skips 51 - 60.......96 |
Skips 61 - 70.......39 |Total Hits 31 through 100+ =1148
Skips 71 - 80.......16 |
Skips 81 - 90........3 |
Skips 91 - 100+......2 ----|
As you can see, there are just about twice as many hits for digits out between 21 and 30 games as there are for digits out 31 to over 100 games.
Similarly, a digit that does make it out 50 games is almost Six times more likely to be drawn within the next sixteen drawings as it is to hit anywhere past 66.