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Reply #22

JADELottery — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:28:33 GMT

Still thinking about this one.

Reply #21

JADELottery — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:01:49 GMT

I've read some the posts.

Some good response, however, I think we may have moved away from the original first post.

I'll make comment at a later time.

Reply #20

Coin Toss — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:14:28 GMT

for99c

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute

Good point. Can we say that the optimists try to come up with a flawles system to beat lotteries and the pessimists know when to use the parachute and bail out before pursuing that sytem becomes econimic suicide.

Reply #19

for99c — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:29:40 GMT

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. ~Albert Einstein

Reply #18

Coin Toss — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:02:21 GMT

I just rolled a die 13 times. The first 12 numbers, in order, were 1, 3, 6, 2, 6, 6, 3, 1, 4, 5, 5, and 5.

Using your combinatorics and probability, what was the 13th number?

The questoin is about the same as betting on which way something shaped like a football is going to bounce. Probabilities are based on millions of decisions.

There is one combination to roll snake eyes (1-1) wih a pair of dice. (One single die is called a die, not dice ). There are 36 possible combinations w... [ More ]

Reply #17

lotterybraker — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:04:54 GMT

I have said it once..I will say it again and again..and again..THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE LOTTERY IS THAT JUST BECAUSE IT HAS NUMBERS IT MUST BE MATH....maybe Val Kilmer in the Movie Red Planet said it best..maybe its not about the math but about the picture..GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE TRYING TO USE SOME FORM OF THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS TO TRY AND PICK LOTTERY NUMBERS...I WISH YOU THE BEST..LOL..

Reply #16

sirbrad — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:59:23 GMT

Reply #15

Editgap — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:31:06 GMT

It is all a mistake...

Reply #14

RJOh — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:55:05 GMT

When I look at your previous results, I am confident that your next number will be a repeat of one of the earlier rolls. The odds of a correct guess with no formula is 1:6, however with more observations one probably could reduce those odds to 1:4 or a 50% improvement. Over a short period of time even in a random environment, certain outcomes will appear to be favored and it's those types of treads that the system lottery players are looking for. By elimination the results that are least likely... [ More ]

Reply #13

Thoth — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:57:33 GMT

Always losing the format...grr

Reply #12

Thoth — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:49:53 GMT

Through combinatorics you can deduce the probability of all outcome patterns for throwing a die six times. You could take the chart below and break it down still further and allow a letter to represent a particular digit.

DICE BASE COMBOS WAYS PERMUTATIONS Chance

AAAAAA 6 1 6 0.01%

AAAAAB 30 6 180 0.39%

AAAABB 30 15 450 0.96%

AAAABC 60 30

Reply #11

for99c — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:54:00 GMT

Reply #10

truecritic — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:41:11 GMT

Quote:

"My family doesn't have to impress me. My friends don't have to impress me. My next door neighbor doesn't have to impress me. My co-workers don't have to impress me. But, an on-line board of anonymous lottery prognosticators MUST ABSOLUTELY impress me..."

Maybe I should rephrase the question...who cares if you are or aren't impressed?

Click Resources->Search for something. Do some reading and just make up your own mind if you want to join in.... [ More ]

Reply #9

GoogilyMoogily — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:18:06 GMT

Amazing Grace,

It wasn't 3 but any one of the next 5 people might get it right.

truecritic,

Did I hurt your feelings? My family doesn't have to impress me. My friends don't have to impress me. My next door neighbor doesn't have to impress me. My co-workers don't have to impress me. But, an on-line board of anonymous lottery prognosticators MUST ABSOLUTELY impress me before I would believe anything any of them had to say.

FYI: One of the synonyms of impress is to affect.... [ More ]

Reply #8

truecritic — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:56:05 GMT

You would impress me...

Why is someone supposed to impress you

Reply #7

Amazing Grace — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:34:11 GMT

Reply #6

RJOh — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:35:12 GMT

The way I see it, if any one could really come close to predicting the winning combination of any lottery, they could just post a scanned image of a winning ticket. That would convince me that they could pick a winner.

Reply #5

Thoth — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:16:29 GMT

First of all, I never claimed to be able to predict numbers, let alone the exact outcome of the next roll of your die. The mathematics of combinatorics does play a huge role in lotteries as well as dice throwing. While it is impossible to consistently predict the next number to be drawn, their are many things that probabilty will tell you besides the odds .

Even in I wanted to try to predict dice rolls, I would still want a much larger history than your 12 throws. If I was forced to choo... [ More ]

Reply #4

GoogilyMoogily — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:04:52 GMT

Hmmm...

I just rolled a die 13 times. The first 12 numbers, in order, were 1, 3, 6, 2, 6, 6, 3, 1, 4, 5, 5, and 5.

Using your combinatorics and probability, what was the 13th number?

You would impress me if you had a formula that not only worked with this set of numbers, but also the next set of numbers I have not yet thrown.

Reply #3

Thoth — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:52:22 GMT

Each roll is independent of the other rolls. They cannot be related by mathematics in any way

Also, I must add that the two rolls are mathematically related through combinatorics and the laws of probability. The odds of guessing two consecutive die rolls (before the first takes place) is 1 in 36, because there are 36 possible outcomes...or 36 permutation of the two dice. If you did not care about the order of the two dice within the group of two, then there would be six doubles (1-1, 2-2... [ More ]

Reply #2

Thoth — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:59:08 GMT

Did someone on this site specifically state that a lottery combo will not be drawn again just because it was the last number drawn or was just drawn recentently??

You are correct in stating that each throw of a die has the same odds of producing the same digit. If you toss the die once and you wager on the five, your odds are 1 in 6. If you wager on the five for the next throw your odds, again, are 1 in 6. The probability of both tosses resulting in two fives is 1/6 X 1/6 = 1 in 36.

The... [ More ]

Reply #1

JADELottery — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:19:15 GMT

Interesting.

I would like to see what everyone else has to say, first.

My statements to follow.

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GoogilyMoogily — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:48:16 GMT

Before I listen to somebody claiming they know the right way to predict lottery numbers, they have to prove to me they can predict the next roll of the dice.

That's right. And I'd put a dollar on every dime Bill Gates has (as if I could...wouldn't be on this web site if I did) if there is anybody that can predict the next roll of the dice.

This is all I know about dice:

1. There is a 1 in 6 chance of rolling a one (for example).

2. There is a 1 in 36 chance of rolling a on... [ More ]