Was Saturdays PB drawing odd?

Reply #12

smooththaboss — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:13:48 GMT

was odd indeed

Reply #11

razordave — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:27:11 GMT

Seeing it on the last draw wasn't all that unusual. It DOES happen and it's been awhile.... But two in a row is probably unprecedented.

But in a random system, with each draw being mutually exclusive, it's bound to happen over time. Nevertheless, I'm betting that an odd number or two shows up on Saturday.

Reply #10

RJOh — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:49:06 GMT

Since the matrix changed to 5/55 + 1/42 on 08/31/2005 there have been 230 drawings and 114 had an even PB number and some even WB numbers:

0+1 x 3 times

1+1 x 12

2+1 x 30

3+0 x 45

3+1 x 46

4+0 x 15

4+1 x 20

5+0 x 5

5+1 x 3

Reply #9

spy153 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:21:44 GMT

a simple yes would have sufficed.

Reply #8

fja — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:30:49 GMT

well, if you read the post above you will have your answer....I would have just said yes to your question......

Reply #7

KY Floyd — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:26:33 GMT

Monitoring lottery results only tells you what has happened, not what can happen, and a couple of hundred results are meaningless when there are millions of possible outcomes.

As John notes, for lotteries with an even number of numbers the chances of all odd or all even numbers will be the same. The odds for all numbers in the bottom half or all numbers in the top half will also be the same. You can split the numbers up in any fashion you want, but it will always be the same. You're looking... [ More ]

Reply #6

johnph77 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:06:12 GMT

With the same number of odd and even numbers in a matrix (there aren't in PowerBall, there are in MegaMillions) the chances of all odd and/or all even are 1::64. With a 5/55 matrix in Powerball the chances are slightly better that all odd numbers will show rather than all even.

Reply #5

spy153 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:06:49 GMT

Thanks, fja, I was thinking it was a little unusual myself. So, we can expect at least some more of these types of draws

Reply #4

Bagent — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:51:11 GMT

Well, that explains it. Have been monitoring lottery sites on regular basis since Feb of this year.

Reply #3

Raven62 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:14:32 GMT

No: It was All Even

Reply #2

fja — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:28:59 GMT

odd923475355 3902/22/06

even410202640 806/07/06

even232384450 2007/19/06

even24263842461608/26/06

odd319333543108/30/06

odd929314555710/21/06

Only thing surprising is that this is the first time it has happened in 2007

Reply #1

Guru101 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:50:31 GMT

How is it odd? It's going to happen every now and then.

Was Saturdays PB drawing odd?

Bagent — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:38:54 GMT

Is it just me or was the drawing on Saturday odd in that all the balls drawn, including PB were even numbers? I don't remember ever seeing a drawing with all the numbers being all odd or all even numbers.

Bagent