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]]> lakerben https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jadelottery/2016/8/anomalous-powerball-reading-column-of-truth.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jadelottery/2016/8/anomalous-powerball-reading-column-of-truth.htm Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:56:59 GMT JADELottery There appears to be a Powerball Anomaly going on since the introduction of the new 5/69 and 1/26 matrix.

We did a compare to the current Mega Millions matrix of 5/75 and 1/15 for the same number of draws as the Powerball; currently 91 draws as of 2016-08-19 12:00 CT.

The anomaly is happening in the Pick 5 portion, Columns A, B, C, D, and E are the Pick 5, and PB the Pick 1 portion.

Column A has something going on with Ball #1 that seems to defy the Calculated Average and is very different from the Mega Millions which has a larger Pick 5 pool size to select from.

Below is a table of the Powerball and Mega Millions hit frequencies: for each Ball # and for the same number of Draws since their matrix change.

Powerball

Mega Millions

#

A

B

C

D

E

PB

#

A

B

C

D

E

MB

1

3

1

6

8

2

8

3

2

8

6

3

7

1

5

3

6

2

9

4

6

1

4

3

2

2

5

7

5

5

3

4

6

2

2

7

6

1

1

7

7

4

2

2

7

5

8

8

2

3

8

4

3

6

9

4

1

5

9

5

1

1

8

10

5

2

6

10

6

3

1

8

11

7

3

4

11

4

2

3

12

5

6

5

12

3

3

5

13

2

2

1

3

13

4

3

1

5

14

5

1

1

14

3

5

3

15

1

2

3

2

15

1

2

1

9

16

4

1

3

1

16

2

3

2

17

1

3

1

5

17

1

1

2

18

1

2

1

4

18

2

4

1

19

1

1

3

1

4

19

3

2

2

20

4

3

1

3

20

3

2

2

21

1

2

4

21

1

1

22

1

3

1

2

3

22

4

2

2

23

4

4

2

2

3

23

3

5

1

24

1

2

1

2

24

2

4

25

6

3

6

25

3

2

3

26

1

1

1

2

26

2

4

1

27

1

6

2

1

27

1

2

1

28

1

5

28

5

2

29

2

3

2

29

1

8

1

2

30

3

3

2

1

30

1

2

31

2

3

3

31

3

4

2

32

3

5

3

2

32

2

2

33

1

3

3

1

33

2

2

1

34

1

3

2

2

34

2

3

35

1

2

1

35

1

1

3

6

36

1

3

1

1

36

1

2

2

37

1

3

37

1

1

3

38

1

1

1

1

38

1

2

1

39

1

2

1

1

39

2

2

1

40

3

4

3

2

40

1

1

1

2

41

4

2

41

1

1

2

4

42

3

1

1

42

2

2

1

43

1

3

1

43

1

1

1

2

44

3

3

1

44

3

2

1

1

45

1

45

1

2

4

1

46

1

3

46

1

3

2

1

47

3

3

4

47

8

1

48

1

1

48

1

3

49

1

2

1

49

3

5

3

50

3

4

1

50

2

2

1

51

1

1

51

4

1

3

52

2

5

5

52

2

2

53

2

1

2

53

1

1

2

2

54

1

4

1

54

1

3

2

55

1

2

1

55

56

1

2

2

1

56

3

3

57

2

2

4

57

4

4

58

3

1

58

4

2

59

6

1

59

3

3

60

1

5

1

60

1

3

3

61

1

2

3

61

1

1

62

3

7

62

1

3

1

63

1

5

63

1

2

3

64

1

3

10

64

1

2

5

65

2

4

65

1

4

66

4

4

66

1

3

67

8

67

1

1

1

68

7

68

1

3

69

12

69

1

7

70

2

5

71

2

4

72

5

73

6

74

2

6

75

3

Yes, we know there are more Mega Millions draws, but we are comparing like number of draws for like number of draws.

We can see Ball #1 has not been picked since the matrix change for Powerball; yet, Mega Millions for the same number of draws had its Ball #1 drawn 6 times within 91 draws of its matrix change.

Is this normal?

Well, maybe.

But, what s normal?

Put another way, what hit count could we expect on average for each of these matrices; for the 91 draws since their change.

For this we refer you to that Combinatorial Distribution we posted earlier.

We can use it to calculate an average hit count for any number of draws.

For simplicity, we are just going to show the equation and the tables.

The equation for finding the Average Hit Frequency is the following:

For c in the equation: Column A is 1, Column B is 2, Column C is 3... Column PB is 1.

Using this we can calculate what we could expect on average for the 91 draws of each lottery s matrix.

The table below shows how each works out.

Powerball

Mega Millions

#

A

B

C

D

E

PB

#

A

B

C

D

E

MB

1

6.59

3.50

1

6.07

6.07

2

6.21

0.39

3.50

2

5.74

0.33

6.07

3

5.84

0.74

0.02

3.50

3

5.42

0.63

0.01

6.07

4

5.48

1.06

0.05

0.00

3.50

4

5.12

0.90

0.04

0.00

6.07

5

5.14

1.35

0.10

0.00

0.00

3.50

5

4.83

1.15

0.08

0.00

0.00

6.07

6

4.82

1.61

0.16

0.01

0.00

3.50

6

4.56

1.38

0.12

0.00

0.00

6.07

7

4.52

1.84

0.23

0.01

0.00

3.50

7

4.29

1.59

0.18

0.01

0.00

6.07

8

4.23

2.04

0.31

0.02

0.00

3.50

8

4.04

1.77

0.24

0.01

0.00

6.07

9

3.95

2.22

0.40

0.03

0.00

3.50

9

3.80

1.93

0.32

0.02

0.00

6.07

10

3.69

2.37

0.50

0.04

0.00

3.50

10

3.57

2.07

0.39

0.03

0.00

6.07

11

3.44

2.50

0.60

0.06

0.00

3.50

11

3.35

2.20

0.48

0.04

0.00

6.07

12

3.20

2.61

0.71

0.08

0.00

3.50

12

3.14

2.30

0.57

0.05

0.00

6.07

13

2.97

2.69

0.82

0.10

0.00

3.50

13

2.94

2.39

0.66

0.07

0.00

6.07

14

2.76

2.76

0.94

0.13

0.01

3.50

14

2.75

2.47

0.75

0.09

0.00

6.07

15

2.56

2.81

1.05

0.16

0.01

3.50

15

2.57

2.53

0.85

0.12

0.01

6.07

16

2.37

2.85

1.17

0.20

0.01

3.50

16

2.40

2.57

0.95

0.14

0.01

17

2.19

2.86

1.29

0.24

0.01

3.50

17

2.24

2.60

1.05

0.17

0.01

18

2.02

2.87

1.40

0.28

0.02

3.50

18

2.08

2.62

1.14

0.20

0.01

19

1.86

2.86

1.52

0.33

0.02

3.50

19

1.94

2.63

1.24

0.24

0.02

20

1.72

2.83

1.63

0.38

0.03

3.50

20

1.80

2.63

1.34

0.28

0.02

21

1.58

2.80

1.74

0.44

0.04

3.50

21

1.67

2.62

1.43

0.32

0.03

22

1.44

2.76

1.84

0.51

0.05

3.50

22

1.54

2.59

1.53

0.37

0.03

23

1.32

2.70

1.94

0.57

0.06

3.50

23

1.43

2.56

1.61

0.42

0.04

24

1.21

2.64

2.03

0.65

0.07

3.50

24

1.32

2.53

1.70

0.48

0.05

25

1.10

2.57

2.11

0.72

0.09

3.50

25

1.21

2.48

1.78

0.53

0.06

26

1.00

2.50

2.19

0.80

0.10

3.50

26

1.12

2.43

1.86

0.59

0.07

27

0.91

2.42

2.27

0.88

0.12

27

1.03

2.37

1.93

0.66

0.08

28

0.82

2.33

2.33

0.97

0.14

28

0.94

2.31

2.00

0.72

0.09

29

0.74

2.24

2.39

1.06

0.17

29

0.86

2.24

2.06

0.79

0.11

30

0.67

2.15

2.44

1.15

0.19

30

0.79

2.17

2.12

0.87

0.13

31

0.60

2.05

2.48

1.25

0.22

31

0.72

2.09

2.17

0.94

0.14

32

0.53

1.95

2.51

1.35

0.25

32

0.65

2.02

2.21

1.02

0.17

33

0.48

1.85

2.53

1.45

0.29

33

0.59

1.94

2.25

1.10

0.19

34

0.42

1.75

2.54

1.55

0.33

34

0.53

1.85

2.28

1.18

0.22

35

0.38

1.65

2.55

1.65

0.38

35

0.48

1.77

2.31

1.26

0.24

36

0.33

1.55

2.54

1.75

0.42

36

0.43

1.69

2.32

1.35

0.28

37

0.29

1.45

2.53

1.85

0.48

37

0.39

1.60

2.34

1.43

0.31

38

0.25

1.35

2.51

1.95

0.53

38

0.35

1.52

2.34

1.52

0.35

39

0.22

1.25

2.48

2.05

0.60

39

0.31

1.43

2.34

1.60

0.39

40

0.19

1.15

2.44

2.15

0.67

40

0.28

1.35

2.32

1.69

0.43

41

0.17

1.06

2.39

2.24

0.74

41

0.24

1.26

2.31

1.77

0.48

42

0.14

0.97

2.33

2.33

0.82

42

0.22

1.18

2.28

1.85

0.53

43

0.12

0.88

2.27

2.42

0.91

43

0.19

1.10

2.25

1.94

0.59

44

0.10

0.80

2.19

2.50

1.00

44

0.17

1.02

2.21

2.02

0.65

45

0.09

0.72

2.11

2.57

1.10

45

0.14

0.94

2.17

2.09

0.72

46

0.07

0.65

2.03

2.64

1.21

46

0.13

0.87

2.12

2.17

0.79

47

0.06

0.57

1.94

2.70

1.32

47

0.11

0.79

2.06

2.24

0.86

48

0.05

0.51

1.84

2.76

1.44

48

0.09

0.72

2.00

2.31

0.94

49

0.04

0.44

1.74

2.80

1.58

49

0.08

0.66

1.93

2.37

1.03

50

0.03

0.38

1.63

2.83

1.72

50

0.07

0.59

1.86

2.43

1.12

51

0.02

0.33

1.52

2.86

1.86

51

0.06

0.53

1.78

2.48

1.21

52

0.02

0.28

1.40

2.87

2.02

52

0.05

0.48

1.70

2.53

1.32

53

0.01

0.24

1.29

2.86

2.19

53

0.04

0.42

1.61

2.56

1.43

54

0.01

0.20

1.17

2.85

2.37

54

0.03

0.37

1.53

2.59

1.54

55

0.01

0.16

1.05

2.81

2.56

55

0.03

0.32

1.43

2.62

1.67

56

0.01

0.13

0.94

2.76

2.76

56

0.02

0.28

1.34

2.63

1.80

57

0.00

0.10

0.82

2.69

2.97

57

0.02

0.24

1.24

2.63

1.94

58

0.00

0.08

0.71

2.61

3.20

58

0.01

0.20

1.14

2.62

2.08

59

0.00

0.06

0.60

2.50

3.44

59

0.01

0.17

1.05

2.60

2.24

60

0.00

0.04

0.50

2.37

3.69

60

0.01

0.14

0.95

2.57

2.40

61

0.00

0.03

0.40

2.22

3.95

61

0.01

0.12

0.85

2.53

2.57

62

0.00

0.02

0.31

2.04

4.23

62

0.00

0.09

0.75

2.47

2.75

63

0.00

0.01

0.23

1.84

4.52

63

0.00

0.07

0.66

2.39

2.94

64

0.00

0.01

0.16

1.61

4.82

64

0.00

0.05

0.57

2.30

3.14

65

0.00

0.00

0.10

1.35

5.14

65

0.00

0.04

0.48

2.20

3.35

66

0.00

0.05

1.06

5.48

66

0.00

0.03

0.39

2.07

3.57

67

0.02

0.74

5.84

67

0.00

0.02

0.32

1.93

3.80

68

0.39

6.21

68

0.00

0.01

0.24

1.77

4.04

69

6.59

69

0.00

0.01

0.18

1.59

4.29

70

0.00

0.00

0.12

1.38

4.56

71

0.00

0.00

0.08

1.15

4.83

72

0.00

0.04

0.90

5.12

73

0.01

0.63

5.42

74

0.33

5.74

75

6.07

We can compare this with their actual hit counts and graph them.

The charts shown next display the selection counts and what on average we would expect for a random selection of these matrices.

As we can see clearly now, there is an anomaly with the Powerball, Ball #1; maybe Ball #8, too, in Column A.

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