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Is Pick 3 Really That Hard?

Assuming a single was the last combo drawn.

1) Pick ONE of the digits you think will repeat.

2) Write down the 45 pick 3 single pairs.

01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09

12-13-14-15-1617-18-19

23-24-25-26-27-28-29

34-35-36-37-38-39

45-46-47-48-49

56-57-58-59

67-68-69

78-79

89

3) Cross off all the pairs that contain the digits from the last draw. There will be 21 left. Add the repeat digit you chose to these 21 pairs. If a single combo is drawn with just the one repeat digit you chose, you win!! Guaranteed. Back test to see for yourself.

4) If 21 combos are too many for your budget, you can reduce it by eliminating the all even, all odd, all low, all high, and series combos. This will get you down to 13-15 combos. Or you can reduce it by your own preferred method. But keep in mind you may eliminate a winner.

5) Hit straight, win $500. Here's how. Lets use combo 259 as an example. There are 6 ways to play it. This chart is for single combos only.

  A     B     C      X      Y      Z

295-529-259  592-925-952 The lowest and highest digits are 2&9. They can be arranged as T (touching) orders A,B,X,Y, or S (split) orders C,Z.  The 2&9 can also be arranged as A (ascending orders) A,B,C, or D (descending orders) X,Y,Z.  The remaining digit the 5, is the first digit, orders B,X, or the last digit, orders A,Y. If you put the 5 in the middle it will be the Split combos, orders C,Z.

What to do. Make a chart and make columns. Label them as follows.

A-D   T-S   F-L  The A-D is ascending/descending. The T-S is touch/split. The F-L is first/last. What you do is, after the drawing put a mark under each column that corresponds to the drawn number.

Using 259. I would put a mark under A ascending order (29), and S split because they are not touching. If you have a Split combo do not mark the F-L column. The F-L column is for the position of the middle digit when the lowest and highest digits are Touching. If it was 295, the marks would go under A ascending (29),  T touching and L, is the last digit 5. If it was 592 the marks would go under D descending (92), T touch and F the 5 is the first digit.

Examples. You don't have to write the numbers unless you want to. I don't.

A-D  T-S  F-L

*         *          259

*      *         *  295

   *   *      *     592

   *   *         *  316

*      *      *     427

  *    *      *     581

  *    *          *  706

  *        *          840

  *    *          *  935

Pay attention to the trends in each column and play your combos according to the trends on the chart. I play all my combos in only one or two orders. I have one chart for mid, one for eve, and one for combined draws. It's worth the little extra effort. The Touch hits way more than the Split, simply because there are 4 Touch orders and only 2 Split orders. On my combined chart going back to Jan 2024 I have 581 Touch and 286 Split. The best part is you don't have to do any positional tracking with the numbers, pairs tracking, hot or cold in which position or any of that. This eliminates all that guessing. You don't even have to write down or record any numbers on this chart. Even if your number doesn't hit you will find that doing this you still had the right order and that's half the game. Pick your combos play all of them the same one or two orders and cash in. There are 6 ways to play a single, why play all 6 when you only need one or two? Good Luck!!!

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