I have a question

Reply #30

Elizabeth03 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:24:15 GMT

I buy insta piks, in Canada, they are called that. And I choose my own numbers as well., so that I don't miss out on winning.

Reply #29

jarasan — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:44:31 GMT

I really like your stradedgy , I usually throw a couple in on the end. Now I will intersperse see what happens. LOL jarasan

Reply #28

Coin Toss — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:49:18 GMT

Some of the posts here kind of hint at once a set of numbers is issued as a quick pick, that's it for those numbers.

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LITTLE LOTTO PRIZE PAYOUTS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2007

WINNING NUMBERS: 08 - 14 - 16 - 30 - 34

PLAYER(S) MATCHING 5 OF 5 NUMBERS

INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION WINNERS: 3

EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE: $58,333.00

WINNING TICKET(S) WERE SOLD AT... [ More ]

Reply #27

x1kosmic — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:58:54 GMT

Hey Mega.... just to let you know, part of my 'stradedgy', is what you kinda just discovered, .....try it like this some time, you pick a play....computer picks a play.... you pick a play, computer picks a play, and so on. That way.... if your numbers are a little off, the computer's might be 'on'. I also mix it up both ways in one play I think you'll like what you see sometimes.

Reply #26

Todd — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:56:49 GMT

Not my fault you misinterpreted my words. All my statements stand as written, accurately.

Reply #25

KY Floyd — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:49:03 GMT

You didn't say similar numbers being grouped together or multiple lines but you clearly said numbers come out in bunches . Unfortunately, what we mean when we write something isn't always as clear as we intend, and I read bunches as meaning groupings such as 3,11,34,36, 51, or 21,22,31,38,46.

I was simply addressing your comment about thinking the RNG should scatter numbers. All the RNG should do is pick numbers randomly. It shouldn't deliberately choose combinations with numbers th... [ More ]

Reply #24

MegaWinner — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:30:09 GMT

Well, I just looked at my QP PB tickets and compared them to my number pool that I used on my picked tickets. I purchased 10 selected tickets first, then 10 qp. The first 5 lines of the qp immediatley follwing my selected numbers had almost 3 of my selected numbers mixed on every line. The second 5 of those QP's only had an average of 1 of my numbers in each line.

I suspect the next 5 would most likely had just 1 or none of my selected numbers on each line. I'll try that theory out... [ More ]

Reply #23

jarasan — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:14:13 GMT

Yes, yes, yes, and yes etc.. When tickets are Qp'd it is local, they are close to what you just played, software is downloaded at off times (except for D.C.they go off whenever), state RNGs are similar and Todd's RNG is very good. LOL jarasan.

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Reply #22

CA LotteryGuy — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:17:47 GMT

Todd...how about a little more backround on your pattern of numbers:

What number field did this come from, i.e 5/? 1/? or 6/? etc?

You say it was consistent, how often did this pattern occur?

Were the numbers for the same game?

From the same machine?

How far apart were the tickets purchased

Reply #21

Todd — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:18:52 GMT

I knew that someone would try to impose some kind of mathematical formular to prove my statements untrue.

Well, your math doesn't add up.

A good RNG would not place four 16s, five 24s, and four 42s on one set of five lines, and do that same kind of grouping on at least every other ticket. (A ticket being made up of five lines.)

You tried to prove something that I did not assert. Please read my post again, and note that I said nothing about similar numbers being grouped together .... [ More ]

Reply #20

BobP — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:38:54 GMT

When I do random Pick-3 generation during a (10,3,2,3)=8 wheel build I notice numbers tend toward the low side 0-2-3 where getting an all high 5-7-9 number in the set is more rare. I realize there are only 10 all low digit and 10 all high digit numbers out of 210 box, but I've found all low comes up more often then all high if all high appears at all. The same sort of tendency may be in QP terminals. BobP

Reply #19

KY Floyd — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:12:49 GMT

There are terminals that will never print a winning ticket, but it's not because the terminals have some magic way of knowing what the winning numbers will be.

If there were only 1000 terminals in each of the 12 MM states that would be a total of 12,000 terminals. If each terminal had the same chance of producing a winner and each terminal that did produce a winner was removed after producing the winner, and there was a winner every drawing it would still take over 115 years to get a winner f... [ More ]

Reply #18

Wintariofan — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:11:11 GMT

Thanks Todd...I was waiting for you to respond. Not sure, if the system for raffles works the same way from state to state as Ontario does. I will refer to our old Winner Take All nightly raffle game with a guaranteed winner in Ontario that ended last year.

First the lottery terminal generates the ticket selection then it is stored as an ENTRY number (not as the numbers on the ticket). Now the control number/bar code number in Ontario is actually attached to an entry number ie. 34859.

Reply #17

KY Floyd — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:55:51 GMT

To me, a good Quick Pick generator would do a better job of scattering numbers

If you expect a random number generator to generate random numbers, why would you expect it to scatter numbers? I'd expect the numbers to be random, and most of the combinations have some numbers that are close together.

Let's assume close means 1 or 2 more or less than another number and look at what we should expect for the 56 balls in MM. Imagine the first number selected is 54*. There are 4 numbers... [ More ]

Reply #16

CCHS13 — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:38:40 GMT

I like that random wheel idea Rick. Is there a RNG that allows you to input the numbers that

come out?

Then I guess thats the concept of just a wheel

Reply #15

Rick G — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:36:48 GMT

Grouping similar numbers and pairs together is not a bad thing. We do it with wheels don't we? I like to use an RNG to make combinations from a selected subset of numbers from the game. It's like a random wheel .

For pure random numbers I like random.org. You won't see many similar numbers, patterns or pairings in those combos, they're pretty chaotic.

Reply #14

Todd — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:30:20 GMT

My opinion is yes , it is better.

Reply #13

CCHS13 — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:54:58 GMT

Todd would you say your RNG here on Lottery Post is superior to state machinces as far

as not grouping similar numbers together

Reply #12

CCHS13 — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:46:18 GMT

Thank you Todd and everyone else for your input and clarification

Reply #11

BazookaJoe — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:22:11 GMT

Thanks for the info.

Reply #10

Todd — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:08:42 GMT

Well, there are a few answers to that question.

First, your question seems to assume some kind of linkage between a lottery machine and the numbers that are drawn -- as if the lottery machine either controls or knows what lottery balls will fall out of the tumbler that night.

So let's just say that on the face of it I do not think the question itself is grounded in reality. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the question, as a lot of people ask that kind of thing, but I think it's i... [ More ]

Reply #9

nobie23 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:56:53 GMT

I've noticed the same thing onenumber. I do the qp's first to see what they look like; then I might play off the picks I was given.

Reply #8

justxploring — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:41:13 GMT

Todd, I know what you're saying is correct, but this brings up another question. Does where you buy a QP make a difference? I mean, I used to say that Miami has an inordinate number of winners and everyone would simply answer that it is because of the population. However, maybe there are terminals that will never print a winning ticket. I wish I knew how the algorithm works, if I'm using the correct term.

Reply #7

Todd — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:11:59 GMT

Yes. The reason being that all states use either GTECH or Scientific Games for their back end system, and both of those systems generate Quick Picks on the terminal.

Reply #6

CA LotteryGuy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:30:24 GMT

Todd...thanks for the clarification. Is this true for all states and all games, except of course for the raffle games

Reply #5

SirMetro — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:30:13 GMT

If you haven't bought your ticket yet, looks like your SOL...Website is posting that it is officially sold out. If you have bought your ticket, good luck, may you have the agony of hitting it big.

Reply #4

onenumber — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:24:58 GMT

The local terminal diffentialy creates the qp. I noticed that when I play my numbers and then get a qp, the numbers on the qp are very similar to the numbers that I picked.

Reply #3

LANTERN — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:09:07 GMT

Yes, the local lottery terminal is the one that generates the quick pick, I don't know about anything else, but I know that.

Reply #2

Todd — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:39:29 GMT

Wow, your answer is exactly 100% wrong.

The local machine generates the Quick Pick, and sends the numbers to the central computer. If the central computer is down then the quick pick does not print out because the central computer is unable to register the numbers, not because it can't generate quick picks.

Reply #1

demdude — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:25:25 GMT

The local terminals are basically fancy cash registers, they are connected to a central server array. When the central server gets overloaded or goes down, then the local terminals are unable to process anything.

The answer to your question is that the local terminal does not generate the Quick Picks. That is why the ticket has a unique bar code, so if you go to another terminal and scan it, the central server authorizes any winnings.

I have a question

CCHS13 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:53:02 GMT

LP family I have a question in reference to quick picks. Now I know many of you may be familiar

with the raffel games that individual states have been running lately. From my understanding

the raffel tickets were issued in an order in which they were purchased meaning that it didnt

matter what machince produced the ticket because the ticket number came from the main

terminal in which they are all online with. Which brings me to my question. Are quickpicks

generated in that