why is 3 of 5 and 3 of 6 average

Reply #11

CCHS13 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:48:58 GMT

I have noticed the same thing for quite a while now, also most of the 3 of 5's

and/or 3 of 6's that come from different predictors combined would have

had all the right picks. Predictor A may have 3 of 5 and predictor B may

have 3 of 5 but together they had all 5 picks. The trick is when you have

50 picks per person how do you play effectively without loosing your ass...

Reply #10

jarasan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:15:12 GMT

Yes. Good job. Whatever you are doing to pick sets is good because you've done very well in the challenges. I think you have the potential to be a 6 of 6 winner. I don't know what this tri state is. Where is it? Or is this prediction? I'll look.

OK. I saw it on prediction. Good job.

That is the key, of course, having the right (drawn) numbers in your sets.

Reply #9

Yukio — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:14:33 GMT

Ok, today I matched 3 out of 6 for the Multi-State, Tri-State MegaBucks. I used a reduced combination for matching 3 out of 6 , this combination has a guarantee of at least one winner ticket from ten tickets. The combination use 1 win(s) , 3 out of 6, 18 numbers (10 tickets). Probably playing more combinations would signify higher prizes , sure that playing the correct numbers also help a lot

Reply #8

RJOh — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:32:14 GMT

Check the prediction board daily for which predictors are winning the big prizes and do what they do. It could be as simple as playing a lot more combinations.

I match a few threes and fours once in a while but only 5% of my predictions do even that well.

Reply #7

jarasan — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:10:52 GMT

I think geos*5666 got a 5 of 5 a couple of weeks ago.

Reply #6

codmander — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:08:19 GMT

any theorys on how we can correct this problem? with all these close calls someones gotta nail a jack in predictions somtime soon

Reply #5

Yukio — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:52:29 GMT

Ok, I checked the Prediction Winners for Thursday, July 5.

Only RJOh and I are standard members. The others are probably using the Premium Membership.

RJOh has two tickets with 3 out of 5 on Pennsylvania Treasure Hunt.

I got one ticket with 3 out of 5 on Georgia Fantasy 5.

Reply #4

BobP — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:12:59 GMT

Think about Pick-3 wheeling for a minute.

If you want to wheel 3 digits all different it takes one number.

If you want to wheel 4 digits all different it takes four numbers.

If you want to wheel 5 digits all different it takes ten numbers.

If you want to wheel 6 digits all different it takes twenty numbers.

This tells us a five number line/combination contains 10 ways to make up sets of three.

A six number line/combination contains 20 ways to make up sets of three.

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Reply #3

time*treat — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:49:39 GMT

here is the breakdown for a 36 Choose 5 game

ways to match:

5 of 5 1

4 of 5 155

3 of 5 4,650

2 of 5

44,950

1 of 5

157,325

0 of 5

169,911

so you can see that getting 3/5 is 30 times more likely than getting 4/5

Reply #2

RJOh — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:46:14 GMT

You should look at the prediction board closer and check your math. Only 5%-10% of the predictions match 3 or better, the rest hit nothing so the average is closer to no hits than 3of5 or 3of6.

Reply #1

Guru101 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:32:41 GMT

Well, first thing to consider is that MOST games don't have 2/5 or 2/6 prizes, so the 3/5 and 3/6 hits that you're seeing are mostly the minimum you must match in order to actually receive a prize. Since it's the easiest to match(in order to win A prize), you can expect it to be the most common. Now as far as the difference between 3/5 and 4/5 or 3/6 and 4/6 depends on the matrix of the game being played. 4/5 actually is a bit harder than 3/5 because of the size of the pool that remains even aft... [ More ]

why is 3 of 5 and 3 of 6 average

codmander — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:53:47 GMT

why is 3 of 5 and 3 of 6 such an average hit on these games? just take 1 look in predictions and you'll see bunchs n bunchs of 3-5 and 3-6 winners is the jump from 3-5 to 4-5 that big odds wise? or 3-6 to 4-6 odds wise? that much diffrent? must be ...they'll be 20 3 of 6 winners every day but maybe 1 4-6 winner ----------------------we need to correct this