Powerball Machine Number and Ball Set

Reply #9

Todd — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:23:40 GMT

Reply #8

guesser — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:49:43 GMT

WRONG.

I have THOROUGHLY used Test draw data for almost 3 years, and there is nothing there 'solid' enough to use in predicting numbers in the next game. I have Excel spreadsheets with ALL this data on it.

And yes, of course folks' numbers have been picked in the test games and not the real games, but that also goes the other way: folks' numbers have been picked in the real games but not the test games.

I have not seen ANYTHING in the ballsets or ball machines used to indicate a 'hot' n... [ More ]

Reply #7

TotallyDavis — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:30:54 GMT

Hey, administrator, do the 'hot numbers' here on this site take into account that data?

If not, perhaps this could make a good 'bonus' to offer Gold subscribers? If they do already, wow.

Reply #6

Todd — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:23:57 GMT

As long as the lottery handles everything transparently you know what the test draws were then I don't see a problem.

As a matter of fact, you can look at the test draws as a good thing again, as long as you know what the draws were because it provides a much larger set of data from which to see patterns, trends, and tendencies.

Reply #5

Stew12 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:06:17 GMT

Of course, there is now the possibility of having the horror of YOUR winning numbers chosen as 'test' numbers before the real drawing.

Maybe true, but then one could argue that anyone who had winning numbers would NOT have had the winning numbers had there not been test draws before the official draw since their draw would have never taken place.

This has came up a few time on the forum since I've been here over the last 6 months, and the fact of the matter is that test draws are necessary... [ More ]

Reply #4

TotallyDavis — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:27:19 GMT

Holy CRAP.

I never knew about any of this! Do most hot number lists take into account the test drawings? That's a major set of data that I'll bet many are ignoring in their prediction sets..... and the fact that you have to split your stats by which ball set is used.... man.

This is more complicated than I thought, but also potentially a lot more predictable than I thought.

Of course, there is now the possibility of having the horror of YOUR winning numbers chosen as 'test' numbers... [ More ]

Reply #3

Stew12 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:25:49 GMT

Yup, you won't know until after the draw. But you can find out which past machines and ball sets have been used by going to http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_numbers.asp and clicking on the red ball at the bottom of the text box that starts with: Every attempt is made to ensure that this list of numbers is accurate,...

Reply #2

turtle0747 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:39:23 GMT

Thanks.

Reply #1

x1kosmic — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:14:03 GMT

You'll have to guess at that Turtle,

That part isn't revealed untill after the draw, ...the next day.

Powerball Machine Number and Ball Set

turtle0747 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:27:56 GMT

Does anyone know how to check what Powerball machine number and ball set will be used in any next draw? Machine numbers are 5-8 AND ball sets are 25-28.