Question about PB/MM Quick Pick Strategy

Reply #16

badboy00z — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:25:52 GMT

It may not appear random to you but it is.

Reply #15

bomatt — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:59:37 GMT

RNG program?

Yesterday I got a QP from GA F5, at 11:52 am.

01-04-09-12-19

Today at 14:23 I got

01-04-13-19-23

Not very random.

Reply #14

Coin Toss — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:09:20 GMT

jwhou,

Actually scratchers are Instant tickets sold by the lottery and not part of a drawing because the drawing has already been printed on the tickets.

Reply #13

jwhou — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:51:52 GMT

Although I would agree with that definition, there are the scratch-off lotteries where once a ticket is purchased, it's no longer available to others for purchase yet it's called a lottery and not a raffle.

Reply #12

Coin Toss — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:00:03 GMT

When once a number, or set of numbers is taken it is no longer available, that's called a raffle, not a lottery.

Reply #11

jwhou — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:56:41 GMT

It would be a logistical nightmare to program a system to choose quickpick numbers according heuristics of what numbers had already been purchased. There's no way that filtering against previously purchased tickets would be able to serve the number of retail terminals that exist. Each terminal simply generates it's own quickpick without consulting any previous purchases other than through the internal state of it's RNG which is a simple 32 bit number and then reports it to the central computer w... [ More ]

Reply #10

KY Floyd — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:54:17 GMT

What do you think about this reasoning ????

I think you don't know how the terminals choose combinations for QP's. They're chosen by random number generators, the purpose of which is to choose numbers randomly. Among other things, random means that it doesn't matter whether a particular combination hasn't been played yet or if it's been played 1000 times.

As for whether the 5 winning numbers represent combinations that were played heavily or not, that's extremely easy to find out. All you... [ More ]

Reply #9

Coin Toss — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:31:26 GMT

Somebody start a Lottery Urban Legends thread

Reply #8

four4me — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:26:29 GMT

The central computer knows what numbers were given as quick picks but the central computer doesn't communicate with the RNG chipset's in the other computers at the retail stores to generate quick picks. It is an independent operation performed by the computer in the store.

As for computers giving out same or like numbers on quick picks the RNG chipset doesn't know what numbers were generated for any tickets other than the ticket it is generating at the moment. The RNG chipset doesn't hav... [ More ]

Reply #7

Coin Toss — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:56:53 GMT

From the Powerball website FAQ page:

WHICH HAS THE BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING: COMPUTER PICKS OR PLAYER PICKS?

About 70% to 80% of purchases are computer picks. About 70% to80%of winners are computer picks. Perhaps just one of those weirdcoincidences

Reply #6

rdgrnr — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:11:13 GMT

The point is moot as it pertains to the big games as the winning numbers are not RNG generated.

The state games are a horse of a different feather.

Kinda like when your wife says she's going out with the girls .

Yeah, like that, heh, heh, heh.

Reply #5

grave — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:52:02 GMT

thats what i would like to know also....what time did the people who win purchase their winning QP tickets....

Reply #4

L J1 — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:59:51 GMT

I had often thought about that myself. How are the winning numbers Drawn? How, in most states do the RNG machines select the winning numbers?

I had discussions among others that say, purchase tickets close to cut off time. Others say, it doesn't matter what time. Someone, or a team of people has to be programming the RNG. Without the knowledge of how the RNG works, who's programming operating it, oh yea... and don't forget the millions of combinations for the winning numbers, it's a long shot... [ More ]

Reply #3

Coin Toss — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:54:00 GMT

I agree with djklaugh. I don't think there's any strategy whatsoever with Quick Picks. There's no such thing as timing the terminal .

Reply #2

djklaugh — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:26:12 GMT

Quick Picks are generated by a computer RNG program. The numbers drawn for the actual game are selected by a ball machine which is not connected to a computer in any way! Personally I do not see that there could be any connection between the timing of buying QPs and the actual drawing of game numbers.

Reply #1

jrosina — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:28:44 GMT

Wow; It's tought provoking at the very least, and at best might be something to your theory of the 15 minutes Intervals!

It's worth trying this a couple of times just to test it

Question about PB/MM Quick Pick Strategy

destinycreation — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:13:28 GMT

Powerball is drawn Wed Sat at 10:59 pm EST.

Mega Millions is drawn Tues Fri at 11:00 pm EST.

You have up until 15 minutes before the drawing time to purchase tickets.

I realize that Quick Picks are supposed to be random.

However, if the retail computer terminals are plugged into the Central PB/MM terminal (where ever the Central Terminal is located), would the retail terminal be more likely to choose QP numbers that have already been played heavily, or QP numbers that have NOT been