Backtest script is underway for the PA pick 3 eve... the entire history! Wil take a bit over 4 hours to run.

I spent the better part of this morning making sure the csv file was writing correctly, and it did, then I needed a blank row between the classifier output, that was easy as well.

As a test, I wrote the code to process the last 70 draws, 7 at a time. This uses a rolling 150 draws before the classification. All 10 had at least 1 NNN draw! This matches observation.

Here is the fun part. Just to test the multi column functionality, I ran the same exact test on the evening pick 5... I was expecting to see worse results, and that kind of panned out, however... 6 of 10 groups had AT LEAST one NNNNN draw! That changes the approach to the pick 5! That means there can be the hope of catching an NNNNN draw within a 2 week window (rather than one for the pick 3).

When the csv file completes, I will be able to go through one pass and count the groups plus count the groups containing an NNN draw. Total NNN groups / Total Groups = how repeatable the observation is, as a percent.

Then... I can use the same exact file to look for any commonality in the percentages.

And I will be able to do this for the pick 3 day, as well as the pick 5 games...

So, part code, part spreadsheet.

The first NNNNN draw I saw was using the following neutral count per column... 7,7,7,7,8.

That means the winning combo was in a possible field of 19,208 combos... 80,792 LESS combos than the raw 100,000... and the groups without a NNNNN combo were NOT consecutive...

This is a big deal for me, as I spent the last 20+ years using back tests to see that systems did NOT work over any lengthy run... 

It is only the first step, but it will prove one thing... there is somewhat of an ORDER to CHAOS...

Even if I have a hard time figuring out the next step, this one was huge! A blanket reduction that has a guaranteed 7 draw window... SAFE eliminations!

Just imagine what this could mean if it holds somewhat similar on jackpot games... power loading an abbreviated wheel... safely eliminating millions of combos... don't want to get too far ahead of development though...

Short term targets are the pick 3 followed by the pick 5.

Longer term, PA Match 6, Cash 4 Life and the big games PB and MM (since they did not change the white ball matrix)

Best part is it will be cheap to play... pick 3 .50 straight and pick 5 $1 straight... $21 a week for all 4 games. However, the pick 5 will not be played without a pick 3 win to fund it... gotta stay cheap!