Following, then playing hot combinations

Reply #9

time*treat — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:20:44 GMT

I will leave out the bonus number for the moment

42-Choose-3 gives you a possible 11480 'triads' in the game 'universe'

6 choose 3 gives you 20 possible 'triads' in the drawing, of which, you need 1.

For your method, I would go back and see if there were/are any 'pairs' that tend to repeat. If so, then use that as a base for picking your triads. If not, then it is probably better to look for 'new' (not drawn before, or in a very long time) triads pairs.

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Reply #8

paul762 — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:38:11 GMT

there are 7 numbers drawn which include the bonus but if you pick 3 numbers and get 3 from the main 6 that are drawn they pay you 500/1.

I had not thought about just going to find the best 3 number combination/triad from the last 50 draws, I was using all history and leaving the last 100 draws to see if the best combo came out in those 100 draws, ideally as there are 3 draws on the same night I would like to find a set of 3 numbers that can be played for the next 100 draws for each of the 3 d... [ More ]

Reply #7

cahaba — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:30:29 GMT

Reply #6

time*treat — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:16:22 GMT

At those rates, I'm on the wrong side of the pond , if you only need 3/6, unless you only get 1 chance at it. Thing is, some of us say numbers when we mean combinations . But if you have as many chances as you want, I say go for it. As to your orig. ques., IMO 100 draws will give you too many best s. If I were going to use that strategy, I'd cut the lookback period by at least 1/2. 50 draws, or less. By the time you're up to 100 draws, the 'old' popular groups of 3 have had their run and new... [ More ]

Reply #5

paul762 — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:48:04 GMT

its not the lottos that pay the 500/1 - its the uk bookmakers

Reply #4

time*treat — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:23:38 GMT

paul762,

The website I checked showed small or no prizes for match 3/6 in Lotto, Plus 1, Plus 2. Where did you get the figure 500/1

Reply #3

paul762 — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:45:40 GMT

the reason I ask is because If I play the irish lotto and if I play just 3 numbers and those numbers are drawn in the 6 numbers from 42 it pays 500/1, so I was thinking about using hot combinations triads to use for the next draws, however after checking through GH it shows that this method of selecting the 3 numbers doesnt work, any other suggestions

Reply #2

RJOh — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 23:03:10 GMT

If you have enough data you don't have to depend on GH's words about trends, you can check it out for yourself.

It been my experience that while numbers do follow a trend, the trend cover a group of numbers too large to guarantee a win with a few lines. For example the other day I played Ohio Rolling Cash5 using a group of 20 numbers that were mostly likely to hit based on a trend and all 5 numbers were in the group, but the best I could do in 25 lines was to match 3 twice and match 2 thre... [ More ]

Reply #1

paurths — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:26:16 GMT

Hi Paul,

100 draws?

One draw every day, or 1 draw a week?

That shouldn't matter, right?

Assume one has 2000 draws or something, for backtesting.

The way to go, theoretically ofcourse, assuming again that there is such a thing as the way to go , would be to split up the 2000 draws in blocks of 100.

Then, per block , see if combinations of numbers that seem hot within that block hit again somewhere in the next 100, or do they stay away for e.g. 300 draws and then surface again.

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Following, then playing hot combinations

paul762 — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:11:35 GMT

How good can this method be? if you chart say 100 draws and then play the best combinations of numbers for your lottery is there an increased chance of those combinations coming out in future drawings, I say this because as GH says follow the trend/the trend is your friend.