What ever happened to Maga Ball 01?

Reply #26

bashley572 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:55:44 GMT

And of course Power Ball 1 shows.....AGAIN gotta laugh

Reply #25

benmas — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:20:30 GMT

i like #2...why do people think a # will come out cause its due ..there is no such thing...its better to go with the trends..play the hot ones...there is a reason they are hot (and that is they are coming out more often)...yet we like the ones that have been out 250 draws...go figure

Reply #24

scorpio — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:20:23 GMT

simple,we all play it,and they will not let it hit,too many 3 dollar wins.

Reply #23

ncpowerplayer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:56:45 GMT

It flew out of the ball machine a few months ago and is stuck in the ceiling.

Reply #22

RJOh — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:49:15 GMT

It has now been 251 drawings since megaball 01 has been drawn. Since every megaballs except 42 during that period have been drawn 3+ times, this would seem to validate the theory that the most active numbers are more likely to be in the next drawing.

Reply #21

RJOh — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:27:04 GMT

True, maybe 01 will get its turn next time.

Reply #20

fja — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:33:07 GMT

Came close...5 was the second longest MB out wasn't it

Reply #19

RJOh — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:48:13 GMT

Tuesday's MM drawing didn't support my suspicions or new strategy so it's back to my old strategy.

Reply #18

ayenowitall — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:02:31 GMT

No, you sorely misapprehend what I said. Mega Ball 01 has about a 2.2% chance of following Saturday's PowerBall 01. The 4.4% is the chance of either the Mega Ball matching the prededing PowerBall, or the PowerBall matching the prececeding Mega Ball in presumably successive sets of drawings. There's a huge difference between that and what you took my post to mean. Even the Mega Ball 01's appearance 1.6% of the time is something quite different from the 2.2% of the time that it can be expected to... [ More ]

Reply #17

RJOh — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:46:37 GMT

Since MegaMillions changed its matrix 485 drawings ago, megaball 01 has come up 8 times or 1.6% of the time and now you say it has a 4.4% chance of following Saturday's powerball 01 on Tuesday. Your calculations seem to confirm what I've suspected all along and tomorrow's drawing may prove it.

Reply #16

joshuacloak — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:21:53 GMT

i think he has clearly escaped the ball cage,and is rolling around the world free at lest

on a vacation, watching the draws even

all the while laughing at hes brothers and sisters traped for life in the drawings

or he could just be having a major case of Shyness now,

ever sense he broke up with #2 and had a gaint fight in front all of other balls

its just Awkward being around them anymore!

or has our #1 ball has been in ever drawing, like a great con artist

he b... [ More ]

Reply #15

ayenowitall — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:11:24 GMT

There's no magic or advantage to it. The Power Ball number or Mega Ball number each has about a 2.2% chance of being the same as the immediately preceding number in the other drawing. That makes the likelihood that either will happen about 4.4%. So, in those 247 drawings, we could expect to see it happen eleven (10.868) times. That's exactly what's shown by the history you cited.

Reply #14

RJOh — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:16:24 GMT

It's happened often enough in the last 247 drawings of each game to make it worth considering:

MM 12/01/09 - 17 30 39 52 53 +21

PB 11/28/09 - 26 27 28 46 50 +21

PB 09/26/09 - 18 20 34 36 39 +19

MM 09/25/09 - 07 27 42 49 52 +19

MM 06/26/09 - 11 15 17 29 46 +16

PB 06/24/09 - 16 18 24 51 53 +16

PB 03/28/09 - 02 03 16 41 48 +19

MM 03/27/09 - 10 15 24 38 50 +19

MM 01/27/09 - 03 11 12 14 21 +25

PB 01/24/09 - 06 20 25 37 42 +25

MM 11/11/08 - 05 27 38 42 55 +41

PB... [ More ]

Reply #13

ayenowitall — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:26:42 GMT

Yes, there's definitely an interrelatedness and a certain synchronicity between the Mega Ball and Power Ball number drawings. The imminent appearance of those numnbers is clearly indicated. The fruits are ripe for the picking. Bet the bank and count your winnings.

Reply #12

RJOh — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:56:50 GMT

Now that PowerBall 01 has hit after a 95 draws drought, it may be ready to hit as a MegaBall after a 247 draws drought. But maybe 05 is ready after its 178 draws drought also.

Reply #11

ayenowitall — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:21:37 GMT

When any number goes on a drought, it's always tempting to assume that it's either overdue or too cold to hit. In truth, that kind of history has no bearing whatsoever on the likelihood that the number will be drawn in the next drawing. The odds of the Mega Ball being drawn in the next drawing are 45 to 1. In the the last drawing, the odds were 45 to 1. In subsequent drawings, the odds will remain 45 to 1 unless the matrix is changed. The odds of the game are simply not affected by draw history.... [ More ]

Reply #10

RJOh — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:04:56 GMT

Unless their matrices change, I'll keep analyzing the draws data from the same points I do now. Having more states contributing to their jackpots should only effect their jackpots size and the speed of their growth, not their drawings.

Reply #9

LottoL — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:38:41 GMT

Off topic question

With the new cross-selling agreement between the MM PB states,

(MM 1st draw Feb 2 PB 1st draw Feb 3), I was wondering if I should

treat this like a matrix change and reset both drawings as if it's the

first draw for each lottery. With the addition of all these states to MM PB,

something seems likely to change . . . . .

Best Of Luck!

LottoL

Reply #8

jimjwright — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:43:51 GMT

Thats why I have my computers do it, I don't do a thing.

Actually Powerball has 6*110 or 660 draws if you use the 4 pre-test per draw, the actual draw, and the post draw in your database of numbers. Some people don't use them, I use them because I am tracking patterns not draws.

Anyway I have digressed from the original topic, I don't chase cold balls till they hit, others chase cold balls til that hit, others are somewhere in between, and others are nowhere to be seen.

Jimmy... [ More ]

Reply #7

RJOh — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:05:13 GMT

You are kinda at a disadvantage with PowerBall since it has only had 110 drawings since its last matrix change to 5/59+1/39. So far only 34 of its bonus balls have been drawn. MegaMillions with 480 drawings since its last matrix change gives you a lot more data to look at.

2 days of serious searching on two 8 processor computers would be hard for most players to find the time to do between drawings, I'm thinking spending 2 hours is a long time.

Reply #6

jimjwright — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:16:37 GMT

If a number has not hit for along time then I don't play it until it hits, and then I play it for the next 5 draws. I would rather chase the possibility that it statistically wants to catch up with more hits after it hits than to chase it waiting for it to hit. But that is just the way I play I don't have any proof one way or the other on which is the better strategy.

I have written a program that will find the wheels (say a wheel of 12 number) that are statistically above the norm as far as... [ More ]

Reply #5

bitrunner — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:05:21 GMT

The longer 01 goes without hitting, the more likely statistically that it will hit.

I would expect it to hit within the next 10 or 20 draws.

However, unless you see a definite pattern from a skip hit graph, I wouldn't bother playing it. This observation comes from playing 02 in the big game days when it exhibited similiar behavior; The only thing is, when it finally hit, I didn't have anything to go with it, so I only won 2 bucks.

I would focus on getting the other five numbers.... [ More ]

Reply #4

MADDOG10 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:20:48 GMT

I had to use it along with my 17 last week, so I accidently threw it back in the mix... OM..

Reply #3

RJOh — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:57:09 GMT

How long do plan to keep it there

Reply #2

four4me — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:59:53 GMT

It's in my pocket.

Reply #1

mymonthlypicks — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:49:14 GMT

Also How long since #5 I know not as long but it been awhile, Also took a long time for 18 until last weeks drawing and thats why I've been playing 1,5,18 on Maddog and in real life

What ever happened to Maga Ball 01?

RJOh — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:31:53 GMT

Until 10/05/07, megaball 01 hit between ever 25-55 drawings. Now it has gone 241 drawings without a hit. The only other numbers that come close to that are 43 when it hit 10/16/09 after 195 drawings without a hit and 46 when it hit 12/11/09 after 195 drawings without a hit. Will tonight be the night it hits or will 01 go 242 drawings with out a hit?

Good luck if you play.