When bonus ball shares a number with white ball

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Rip Snorter — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:42:20 GMT

I'd look for at least three more within the next ten draws, possibly as many as five more within twelve draws

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RJOh — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:15:44 GMT

Tonight's PowerBall drawing changes that 5 of 97 to 6 of 98 drawings that the PB# has been the same as a WB#.

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RJOh — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:59:22 GMT

Since their last matrix change PowerBall had 5 of 97 drawings where the PB# was the same as a WB# and MegaMillions had 9 of 120 drawings where the MB# was the same as a WB#.

I usually pick my bonus balls numbers using a repeatability count for the first 6 and their skip intervals for the rest depending on the numbers of lines I plan to play. I put them with a combination that has the best *mix count regardless of the numbers in the combinations. For MegaMillions I use the mix count of the... [ More ]

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Rip Snorter — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:04:38 GMT

For those who haven't interested yourselves in bonus ball behavior to the extent of trying to figure them out, there should be a series of bonus ball double-takes over the next 10-12 draws on PB. Maybe as many as six, probably no fewer than four.

I can see from the prediction board that at least three other predictors are getting awfully good at predicting bonus balls. If you are one of those, give some thought to playing your bonus ball number as a white, as well.

Just a suggestion.... [ More ]

When bonus ball shares a number with white ball

Rip Snorter — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:35:44 GMT

A year or two ago I asked about this issue and didn't get any response. At the time I had no idea whether there was any way to predict the phenomenon.

Today I know a way, though I haven't done a lot of back testing on it, it seems to get within a few draws of predicting a double number. However, it's a cumbersome process.

If any of you have a way of doing this you aren't satisfied with because of the margin of accuracy, the difficulty in the process, any reason, and you'd care to have a... [ More ]