PB: Sequential Numbers

Reply #17

guesser — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:28:46 GMT

Yes, four of those numbers 'repeated' - TEN years ago ! Back when the matrix was 49 numbers. This is another statistic I looked at, and have deemed it unusable - but if you want to play entire sets of repeat numbers - be my guest. Remember - the game is random, you have just as likely a chance at winning as any other set of numbers, the question is, will you ?

I have tracked this, and as I said, I deem it unusable, because I see instances where 3 of the 5 numbers have hit up to nine times in... [ More ]

Reply #16

JADELottery — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:53:49 GMT

Also, this table and the previous % table are applicable to Quick Picks as well. So, check you tickets, if you are getting a disproportionate number of consecutives in your Quick Picks, I'd be a little suspicious... hint-hint.

Reply #15

JADELottery — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:35:40 GMT

Pick 5 part consecutive by count break down

Index 0 1 2 3 4

Type none 2 3 4 5

Powerball 2349060 999600 124950 5100 51

Mega Millions 2598960 1082900 132600 5304 52

keep in mind this is just an 'at least' break down, meaning there is at least that quantity consecutive numbers. there is also a more complex table that relates to the possibility of multiple consecutives in a single draw. ( i.e. - 01 02 20 21 40, there are two of type 2 consecutives and 01 02 03 20 21, the... [ More ]

Reply #14

time*treat — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:24:16 GMT

We notice these patterns. They pop out at us like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. When we take a step back, we see that there are so many other pieces (combos) that resemble this little pattern, that we are forced to refine it more, or discard it.

In a game with nearly 3.5 mil combos (ignoring the bonus ball), if you found something that happens 1%, and you played it on the exact drawing, you'd still have ~35K combos to choose from.

Not only does the system have to be net profitable, you have... [ More ]

Reply #13

johnph77 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:34:22 GMT

Doing some quick programming, came up with the following:

In a 5/55 matrix there are 3,478,761 combinations.

In those 3,478,761 combinations, 1,129,701 combinations will contain at least two consecutive numbers.

That number includes those with more than two consecutive numbers and also those which contain two sets of two or more consecutive numbers.

Example: 01-02-05-06-07 is counted only once.

gl

j

Reply #12

jonstrue2u — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:08:17 GMT

Here is a good one for you,

Go to the PB website and search the last numbers drawn on 4/5/08, which were- (12-27-30-37-47 )and you will find that 4 of these numbers repeat (12-27-30-37-49 ) and on 8/11/07 numbers were- (1-10-11-37-40) then on 10/20/07 numbers were (10-11-37-40-54) Since the lottery admited about 6 numbers that have repeated which is on my blog, if things are controlled, keep an eye on the number results and you might be seeing 5 numbers that repeat? I believe that because of

Reply #11

RJOh — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:54:18 GMT

When you're talking about 5 sequential numbers in a row like 1 2 3 4 5, there are only 51 of them in PB combinations so the odds of that pattern coming up are 5:3,478,761.

Reply #10

guesser — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:37:43 GMT

I tend to agree with you on the first two, but I wholeheartedly disagree with you on the third.

You can see when a repeat number is 'due', but you cannot predict WHEN a number will repeat, and you can also narrow down pretty good which number will repeat, and by that I mean I am pretty good at narrowing down which 3 of the 5 have a better chance of repeating, and in a lot of cases I can narrow it down to two numbers, but I cannot narrow it down to just one with 100% certainty.

POGO

The... [ More ]

Reply #9

Pogo — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:32:17 GMT

The Theory of Probability summizes that regardless the picks a sequential pick has just as great a liklihood such as 1 2 3 4 5 or 11 12 13 14 15 in any type of pick 5 game. They should be given equal weight... However like most - I think they are just about the first filters I place when picking numbers. (Or maybe I just been reading Lady Luck: The Theory of Probability by Warren Weaver too much) LOL, Pogo

Reply #8

JADELottery — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:27:28 GMT

Pick 5 part consecutives % break down

Index 0 1 2 3 4

Type none 2 3 4 5

Powerball 67.5258% 28.7344% 3.5918% 0.1466% 0.0015%

Mega Millions 68.0389% 28.3495% 3.4714% 0.1389% 0.0014

Reply #7

GASMETERGUY — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:33:14 GMT

As a stand alone pattern, sequential numbers and repeating numbers mean nothing. Couple those two with about 10 other patterns and you might find yourself looking past the numbers and into a whole new world.

But I have been wrong before.

Reply #6

guesser — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:07:29 GMT

If you can figure out which pair will hit, more power to you.

IMO you have identified the phenomena, now you have to hit it: and most of us here have identified things such as this.

For every pair you identify such as 42-43, 15-16, 3-4, there are an equal number of pairs from a group that are not sequential, such as 34-37, 25-28, 13-15, 31-34 and so on.

And for every pair you identify that are NOT sequential, for awhile they were running in even-even or odd-odd numbers, such as 13-19, 1... [ More ]

Reply #5

JADELottery — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:20:55 GMT

When analyzing a draw for consecutives, in a game like Powerball or Mega Millions, you should separate the Pick 5 part from the Pick 1 part.

If you examine the Powerball again that way, you'll find there are no draws of more than 2 consecutive numbers in the Pick 5 part.

The numbers have to be analyzed this way because the combinatorial selection of each are independent events.

Below are the YTD draws and the Pick 5 part consecutives highlighted.

Index Date Pick 5 Pick 1

Y... [ More ]

Reply #4

Todd — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:32:03 GMT

Moved to Jackpot Games forum

Please post in the appropriate forum ... thank you.

It is always better to post in the best forum for the topic, rather than someplace that gets more activity .

Reply #3

Raven62 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:47:47 GMT

PowerBall is a Jackpot game, so it should be pretty obvious to folks that the Jackpot Games Discusion Forum would be the place to start a thread such as this.

Everyone is hung up on the numbers, when in reality the numbers on the Balls mean nothing, they are just there so that you can tell one white ball from another (labels).

Reply #2

manofmany — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:30:45 GMT

I've noticed that as well on PB especially with the lower numbers, under 10.

Reply #1

fja — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:14:26 GMT

Yep, its the same for MM too,,,and if you look at the numbers you will also see that on an a 33-35% average (give or take ) one number will come out back to back (repeater) in the next drawing...I noted it at a quick glance on PB but it's for certain on MM....and out of those number of times 30% of the time its in the same position.

Now what do you want to do with that Info

PB: Sequential Numbers

manofmany — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:27:51 GMT

Not sure if this is the right place or not but there seems to be more activity here.

Has anyone that plays PB noticed alot of sequential numbers being drawn? I was looking at the the last 25 drawings and at one point there were 8 straight drawings like that. 3 of the sets were 23-24 25-26 and 27-28. For being random thats pretty incredible.

I'm just wondering if those who play their own numbers look for little systems like that