I've decided that whenever you see a 2 , 6 , or 9 in a pick 4 number trust and believe a double is coming very shortly after . For me the pick 4 is something that I'm "okay" with but not that great at so I'm going back to pick 3 . I can't play both pick 4 and 3 that is just not cost effective for me. I'm glad that they have felt the need to increase the payouts b/c they've been doing a pretty good job of that the past month or so maybe the trend will keep up. Good luck players I haven't given up but remember what I said above .