Determining Hot and Cold Numbers

Reply #14

GASMETERGUY — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:01:25 GMT

I like quetions like this. I feel I have been handed the opportunity to add my two cents worth in the infantile study of the lottory. Here is my two cents worth. The opinion is worth what you paid for it.

Consistency is the key when employing hot and cold numbers. How one decides what is hot and what is cold is, at this stage of the study, of minor importance. Some people use the last 55 draws (assuming MM or Powerball) and take the five numbers with the least amount of hits as cold an... [ More ]

Reply #13

bobby623 — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:47:48 GMT

What's hot, what's cold varies widely over time. Any number can come up at any time!

Here is an easy method to separate the numbers into 3 groups - cold, warm, hot.

Start a list of winning numbers. Single column, in consecutive order. Strike the repeats as they occur. Do this for 10 drawings.

Refer to the list and place the first 12 numbers in a single row. Call this the Cold numbers, because these are the numbers that have not come up recently.

Go to the bottom of the list and plac... [ More ]

Reply #12

RJOh — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:49:48 GMT

Once you have defined a hot, cold or what ever number, you can check previous drawings to see how often such numbers come up.

Using MegaMillions I defined hot numbers as those that had come up in the most recent drawings 2 or more times their normal rate and then checked the previous fifty drawings and found only twice did three such defined numbers show up among the winning numbers.

Reply #11

guesser — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:18:47 GMT

It's pretty easy to see a 'hot' number, but it's pretty hard to determine how long it will stay hot, or when it will go cold. The next problem is that it's nearly impossible to figure this out AND make it work for all the numbers 5+1 - there are just too many other things that come into play.

But as I say, any system is as good as any other system, on any given day. A 'quick pick' is a system as well.

Reply #10

Stack47 — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:32:45 GMT

Most abbreviated wheels are 4if5, 3if5, 3if4, 3if3 etc. but you lose the guarantee by filtering them. I was reading about a 22 number 3if4 wheel having 100 combinations that had 7 jackpot winners but they didn't mention how many people played it and got exactly what it guaranteed; 1 three and 22 two's.

I believe there are better playing strategies for a $100 each draw but you still need a way of consistantly picking at least 4 numbers.

Reply #9

RJOh — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:50:08 GMT

It allows the player to cover more numbers with a lower guaranteed at a lower cost. It for the player who hopes to win something even if it's not the jackpot. Once the number pool reach a certain size, wheeling can be expensive for good coverage so I prefer to pick numbers randomly from the pool with a few parameters to guarantee a good mix such as not repeating combinations of threes or more too often, restricting certain numbers to certain positions and etc.

Reply #8

Stack47 — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:01:28 GMT

Why play an abbreviated wheel if you're trying to win the jackpot

Reply #7

RJOh — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:00:10 GMT

Wheeling software that already exit will wheel any numbers, hot, cold or what ever.

Reply #6

pumpi76 — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:24:04 GMT

I believe that If you get yourself a software that can wheel hot and cold numbers into an abbreviated wheel, you will be all set.....Right now Lotto busters say they will be able to do it but they are working on it and soon they should have it done....

more important than winning the states' lotteries is the movie Red Planet....

Reply #5

RJOh — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:37:41 GMT

I decide if a number is hot or cold by the number of times it has hit recently compared to its average or median drawings per hit. Anything not hot or cold is normal.

For example in MegaMillion since the matrix changed 180 drawings ago number 1 has hit 13 times varying 1-35 drawings between hits,that an average of 14 drawings per hit and a median of 11 drawings per hits. Since it hit 7 and 28 drawngs ago, it's normal. Number 3 has also hit 13 times in the last 180 drawings varying 1-28 dra... [ More ]

Reply #4

gulat1970 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:41:50 GMT

Thanks Raven. I tried search but i couldn't trim it down to meangful posts.

Reply #3

Raven62 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:29:03 GMT

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Reply #2

lottolaughs — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:09:48 GMT

Hello Massachusetts and Welcome Aboard the LP!

I determine a hot number as one that has shown up 3 or more times within the last few draws. This is where it can get tricky because the way I've seen it,once a number hits 3 times it can go either way,that is, keep on going for maybe 2 or 3 more times or go dead cold. Any time you see a number hit a second time,you can almost be sure it will hit again very soon.

I consider a cold number to be one that is out over at least 17 or 18 times in t... [ More ]

Reply #1

MegaWinner — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:45:49 GMT

I would say just use your instincts. I don't think there is a set in stone way to do what you are asking. Just try something and see if you are close.

Determining Hot and Cold Numbers

gulat1970 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:40:38 GMT

Hi All,

For games like MM or Powerball, what is the best way to determine which numbers are hot and which ones are cold? Is it simply whichever #'s come out most (or less) or do they need to come out a minimum number of times (within a certain number of draws) before they're considered hot. I suppose different people have different opinions so i'm interested to see how people look at it.