How Far Back?

Reply #8

JAG331 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:48:40 GMT

I voted for more recent. Seems it would give you more of an opportunity to catch the number when it's hot...every 4 or 5 draws....rather than waiting around for it to get to that magical 32nd draw back.

Reply #7

Blackapple — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:37:20 GMT

It is certainly interesting how often the repeats occur, not only long-term but short-term as well. It creates all possible combinations using the previously drawn pairs. nIt is very successful for boxed and straight play. When you look at the recent Michigan Evening draws you can see why.

976 - 67 came 2 draws earlier 648 - 68 came the day before, 48 came 2 draws earlier 678 458 - 58 came the day before, 48 came 2 draws earlier 859 - 58 came 2 draws earlier, 59 came 2 draws earlier 438 985

Reply #6

RJOh — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:45:35 GMT

When you divide the above into 221 drawings you get the following ave. skips/drawing.

1. 12 11. 14 21. 13 31. 9 41. 14 51. 10

2. 12 12. 11 22. 13 32. 11 42. 10 52. 9

3. 13 13. 9 23. 15 33. 15 43. 10 53. 8

4. 13 14. 8 24. 8 34. 13 44. 13 54. 10

5. 8 15. 13 25. 7 35. 9 45. 13 55. 13

6. 13 16. 9 26. 13 36. 7 46. 8 56. 13

7. 7 17. 11 27. 12 37. 14 47. 22 57. 0

Reply #5

Just6ntlc — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:40:24 GMT

I say farther back as my vote. I hope that the next draw produces all different white balls and bonus balls.

Reply #4

RJOh — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:26:08 GMT

Isn't that what you're doing when count the occurrences of all numbers for a certain period of time for example when I check the occurrences of numbers since the matrix change in MegaMillions I get:

06/24/05 TO 08/03/07 221 RECORDS

1. 18 11. 15 21. 17 31. 23 41. 15 51. 22

2. 18 12. 20 22. 16 32. 20 42. 21 52. 24

3. 16 13. 23 23. 14 33. 14 43. 22 53. 26

4. 17 14. 26 24. 25 34. 16 44. 17 54. 22

5. 25... [ More ]

Reply #3

hypersoniq — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:22:29 GMT

It's not counting skips, but rather how many times has a number repeated in x draws.

I started out with pick3 but it applies to all the games.

for example, I looked back over the history for how many times a number repeated from the last draw... then from 2 draws ago... rolling it thru the history as far back as I could.

the first white ball has repeated ten draws back more than any other number of draws back... doesn't really matter what number, just what interval has the most repeat... [ More ]

Reply #2

RJOh — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:04:33 GMT

You need to make it clear that you're talking about a number and not a combination which you might be if you're talking about a pick3 game. Also the particular game might make a differences, for example West Virginia Cash25 only have 25 numbers and they have six chances to come up every drawing while PowerBall have 55 numbers that only get five chances to come up every drawing. The longest a number have gone in Cash25 without repeating is 36 drawings while recently PB had a number go 72 drawin... [ More ]

Reply #1

time*treat — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:38:55 GMT

With respect to the limits of the question, the (more recent) trend is your friend.

How Far Back?

hypersoniq — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:17:19 GMT

Here's the scenario...

I am counting the times that any number from x draws back repeats... I am looking for the highest frequency.

IN the event of a tie, which should break it and why?

A. repeats the furthest back because the number of original draws skipped is higher therefore using matches/draws... the hit rate is higher

B. most recent because it may catch current trends.

for example, a number repeats x amount of times 35 draws back and also 120 draws back... I would only pic... [ More ]