Sums in pick N games

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hypersoniq — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:09:52 GMT

Maybe the puzzle requires ALL sorts of pieces...

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hypersoniq — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:41:13 GMT

Date/draw history/horizontal sum/vertical sums/total of vertical sums. The sums would be counted to show the distribution in each column. Seaeching for patterns in the sums might be easier than searching for patterns in the raw data... but unlike using just horizontal sums, would provide a pathway for next sum calculation.

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hypersoniq — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:05:30 GMT

Outside of dividing the draw history into a division of sum ranges, what else can be done?

In a pick 3 it is easy, all sums fall between 0 and 27, pick 4 between 0 and 36, and pick 5 between 0 and 45.

Looking at a plot of the sum ranges should form a bell curve around the middle sums. Playing within some range of sums around the middle should present some percentage of all outcome possibilities.

What about adding another direction... previous draw sums? See where they might intersect.

The number of vertical sums would be the same as the number of balls in the combo... 3 for pick 3. 5 for pick 5.

So if there is a Gaussian curve created by the horizontal sums, there might be another one created by the vertical sums, in the same exact range, only in each position.

Only unlike horizontal sums, you already know 4 of the 5 digits for the next sum...

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