raw announcer data, as expected, was not enough.

next step is to look at the precursors. think of this system in terms of a "vertical combo" and "vertical pairs"

example

Precursor  12/6/2005    7-0-4

Draw          12/7/2005    0-9-1

Announcer 12/8/2005    1-3-6

first position

drawn # = 0, announcer =1, (new) precursor = 7

second position

drawn # = 9, announcer =3, precursor = 0

third position

drawn # = 1, announcer =6, precursor = 4

next step is to create 2 grids, one showing most popular announcers (announcer frequency)... that was the last blog entry... second grid is for a given draw/announcer "pair", what are the most frequent precursors?

I may have to go to MS Access for the answers....