As would be expected, the data generated from the combined follower and hot/cold scripts takes some time to study. Leaving the ability to specify the number of draws being studied and the classifier offset so the follower data can also be analyzed from the same end draw has been a big help in such topics as observing follower delay, or how many draws until the followers hit.

One thing that pops out is the need to code in some more statistics. I moved the output to R Studio to gain more info, but that is a process. Turns out there is a Python library that allows access to R calculations! If you have ever used R, you know the commands are powerful.  I can enter the draw frequencies as a set and simply run 'summary(set)' to gain information such as the quartiles and the mean(average).

Here was the exciting discovery highlights so far...

1. There are 27 total draw profiles that can be observed using H, C and N... by FAR the one that occurs the most is NNN. 

2. No matter where in history I took a sample, there is from 1 to 4 NNN draws in the first 7 that follow! Why does this matter? Imagine the choices being pared down by ELIMINATING Hot and cold numbers... if you need to pick from all, there are 10x10x10 = 1,000 possible combos... a sample that happens quite frequently is one or two hots and colds per column, leaving a neutral count such as 7,7,6... 7x7x6 = 294 !!! This part eliminates almost 70% of the combos! ONE to FOUR of combos in that set will appear in the next 7 draws.

3. Further eliminations may be possible by removing from the choices those neutrals that exist outside of the first and third quartiles! All of the NNN combos observed so far fell within that range. Imagine your choices now get lowered to 4x4x4 = 64 or something similar... that is a reduction of over 90% from the original 1,000.

This is the next phase... using the follower data to further focus on the one best guess. The higher the position on the follower list may be the piece of the puzzle that helps zero in on the one best guess that matches the NNN criteria with the best performing follower number that also lands between Q1 and Q3.

A guarantee? There is no such thing in these games. A better chance to catch a pick 3 straight more than once a year? Maybe. Still a cheap system, total cost if done at .50 st/ .50 box is only $14 for a week... there would be a separate evening and day combo.

I am using the first 7 draws because that is the max number of days you can play in advance at the PA lottery kiosk. This would definitely change for a game like the PA Match 6 where they allow play for 26 days. But I am not getting too far ahead right now... focusing on the pick 3. The next challenge will be much easier as it is a per column basis... the pick 5, which has been the target for over 2 years now. 

There is always much to learn, and eventually I will grow weary of this system if it fails to do better than previous ones.

I still have coding to do so I can print out the quartiles for each column... should not be too difficult as I already have it spitting out the standard deviation for each. Then I need to find a direct correlation between the neutral numbers and the follower list... there may not be any, but it does have it's place here at the beginning to help narrow down to one combo.

Sometimes things take a while to "click" so I don't rush things. For each hour coding, there are weeks to even months of thought and research. Writing code becomes much easier when you have an idea of what to look for.