Going with a Python script QP for the power ball tonight...

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hypersoniq — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 04:41:19 GMT

And the results were as expected, zero numbers matched in the white balls or the powerball. 2+1 on the double draw though... cost $4, win $20, net profit $16

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hypersoniq — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 19:08:29 GMT

Thanks, that is an interesting function. I hear Microsoft is beta testing full Python embedded in apps like excel... that would be a dream come true

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JADELottery — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:13:03 GMT

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hypersoniq — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:28:42 GMT

import random white_balls = sorted(random.sample(range(1, 70), 5)) red_ball = random.randint(1, 26) print(f" The WINNING white balls are: {white_balls}") print(f" The WINNING red ball is : {red_ball}") Nothing wrong with a little positivity...

Original Blog Entry: Going with a Python script QP for the power ball tonight...

hypersoniq — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:18:22 GMT

I have not updated power ball (or mega) histories since last year... that is a project for another day.

But, it is a bigger jackpot so I have a short script to generate a QP (using all possible numbers) that will be getting a run tonight.

Going to use sorted(random.sample(range(1,70),5)) for the white balls and random.randint(1, 26) for the red ball.

Note how range(1,70) will exclude the top of the range,.. so picking from 69 numbers requires the 70 at the top, BUT randint() picks between the range bottom and top, inclusive. Gotta love the strange python stuff...

My wife wants a machine generated QP, so there is a bit of a competition potential...... [ More ]