Powerball numbers suspiciously repetitive

Reply #23

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 14 May 2005 08:29:29 GMT

its more than likely random......

Reply #22

JAG331 — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:37:26 GMT

33 Powerball numbers have hit between 4 and 9 times inclusive. On average you should expect 68% of all numbers to fall within one standard deviation, or 29 numbers. 33 works since 4 and 9 are right on the cusp of 1 and 2 standard deviations and so you could count a few of the 4 and 9s as outside 1 standard dev.You should expect a few numbers to the low side: 10-14-24-26-27 and a few to the high side: 2-31-35-41If the numbers were always drawn the same number

Reply #21

JAG331 — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:00:29 GMT

The Red Powerball.You've chosen the outliers. Yes #31 has been drawn 13 times....but it's shown up 38 times in all test and real draws. #24 has been drawn twice when it counts, but shown up 26 times overall. The #14 has also shown up only twice....how many times total including test draws? 37.I did a quick excel calc of the standard deviation...it came up to 2.50. On average a Powerball should've shown up 6.29 times since the matrix change on 10/9/02. 2/3 of all PB numbers should've been dr... [ More ]

Reply #20

ineed9million — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:45:12 GMT

thats right...its not random.

Reply #19

JAG331 — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:37:25 GMT

That post is about numbers repeating the very next draw. It doesn't focus on individual numbers, like the hot 11 or cold 38.You're talking about how many times a certain number hits over 50-100 drawings, right

Reply #18

ineed9million — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:34:40 GMT

In addition, # 17 has been drawn 39 times times in the past 3 years. However, #3 has been drawn 15 times. Now if each has the same probability of being drawn every WED and SAT for the past 3 years one would think there would not be such a disparity. Another example of this disparity is evident in the red powerball number. On one hand we have #31 which has been drawn 13 times, and then we have the # 24 which has been drawn just twice.

Reply #17

ineed9million — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:25:49 GMT

jag, you cant have it both ways. you say the rate at which the numbers are repeating is right on target with the probability , but if that is the case then the numbers that have not come up in months are not right on with probability. We aren't talking a span of 10-20 draws here, we are talking about dozens of draws in some cases.

Reply #16

JAG331 — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:19:56 GMT

Pigskin, you're halfway there!You're right, the odds of a specific number repeating are 10:1.Last draw: 11-38-44-45-51The odds of the #11 repeating are slightly worse than 10:1. Same for each of the other four digits. Now you have to consider that there are five numbers drawn, each of which has a 10:1 chance of repeating a number from the previous draw. If any one of the five numbers drawn matches, we've met our goal. Five chances at roughly 10:1 odds is comparable to one chance at 2:1 odds.... [ More ]

Reply #15

pigskin — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:29:16 GMT

Someone please answer this. If a player selects his own PB numbers, what are the odds of his or her hitting one of the white balls. I figure the odds are slightly more than 10 to 1. If that is correct, it seems the odds should be the same for having a white ball number repeat from the previous draw. Is this correct? I made a cursory count of the last 70 drawings and on 32 occasions there was at least one repeat number from the previous draw. I'm not a mathematician but it seems to me that... [ More ]

Reply #14

Blalron — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 05:20:03 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by ineed9million on April 17, 2005Has any else noticed how repetitive some of the numbers have been recently. Check out how many times #'s 11 and 51 have come up in recent weeks. I think it's all part of a scam to push the jackpot higher.I almost wouldn't blame them if they did. I was getting pretty tired of seeing 10 million on the billboards over and over again.

Reply #13

ineed9million — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:37:42 GMT

getpaid....good thoughts

Reply #12

getpaid — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 03:17:57 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by JimmySand9 on April 17, 2005 I played 11 and 51 on yesterday's draw. Those were the only ones I got right.Good for you. As astute as we are, I didn't think that any of us will catch the 11. But it definately fits into what we observe about numbers. Some numbers gets cold for a long time like 42 and once the start appearing the repeat often like 11.But at the same time I felt that 3 drawings back, that things have changed. The 1 or 2 numbers I usually get I couldn't ge... [ More ]

Reply #11

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 01:31:49 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by ineed9million on April 17, 2005 obviously, JAG and Doctorphew are part of the powerball scamhold on! don't get irrational here

Reply #10

four4me — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:44:31 GMT

great that should put you many steps ahead of the game knowing or thinking there drawing the same digits all the time means you should be much closer to winning the pot.Where do you guys get some of these conspiracy theories...........

Reply #9

JimmySand9 — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:38:12 GMT

I played 11 and 51 on yesterday's draw. Those were the only ones I got right.

Reply #8

JAG331 — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:37:55 GMT

Fabulous

Reply #7

ineed9million — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:36:04 GMT

i've already reduced my odds to 1:1.

Reply #6

RJOh — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:15:46 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by ineed9million on April 17, 2005Has any else noticed how repetitive some of the numbers have been recently. Check out how many times #'s 11 and 51 have come up in recent weeks. I think it's all part of a scam to push the jackpot higher.Now that you know about this scam, you should be able to use it to reduce your odds of winning from 1:120,526,770 to 1:98,660,520.

Reply #5

ineed9million — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:47:43 GMT

good.

Reply #4

JAG331 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:31:29 GMT

Undoubtedly. I am unquestionably involved in a scam to allow myself to not win the jackpot by making sure that I do not play #s that are repeating so often that everyone and their brother should not have won last night.OMG, they didn't win! You're on(to) something

Reply #3

ineed9million — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:26:15 GMT

obviously, JAG and Doctorphew are part of the powerball scam

Reply #2

DoctorEw220 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:28:19 GMT

you didn't win anything, did you

Reply #1

JAG331 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:01:21 GMT

R - A - N - D - O - M

Powerball numbers suspiciously repetitive

ineed9million — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:51:16 GMT

Has any else noticed how repetitive some of the numbers have been recently. Check out how many times #'s 11 and 51 have come up in recent weeks. I think it's all part of a scam to push the jackpot higher.