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Reply #11

JosephusMinimus — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:17:53 GMT

Simon: Jap69 might be right, probably is if you continue testing and your results continue in the same general pattern. Maybe the larger database trumps the shorter one on a different matrix.

On the other hand, whatever the reason might be, if you get a consistent set of results better by one method than the other you're probably better off trusting your eyes than you are trusting logic. If logic helped win lotteries all the people posting here who have all the answers would be diving around... [ More ]

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guesser — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:47:26 GMT

The *ONLY* thing looking at prior matrixes does for me is when I need a little nudge, or help making a choice.

And by that I mean, for example, let's say TWO longshot numbers have hit in-a-row, what usually happens next?

Let's say three numbers from one goup hit, such as 12-15-19: what usually happens in the subsequent game?

Let's say the PB repeats (such as #12 right now), what usually hits next, a longshot, one that has hit in the last 10, or 20, or 30 games? An odd number or an even... [ More ]

Reply #9

JAP69 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:54:43 GMT

As we all know, prior to Jan09 the game matrix (I believe) was 5/56. Since Jan09 the game matrix is 5/59. Although the change is not huge...it is mathematically significant

It may have added to the amount of combinations possible by adding 3 balls.

But adding the 3 balls gives the total added possibility of about 6% of one or more of those 3 balls being drawn over the previous matrix of 56 balls.

Still give you 94% possibility of the drawn numbers being among the previous 56 ball matri... [ More ]

Reply #8

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:32:39 GMT

Explain what the better predictions are. Are you hitting 1 number every drawing, 2 numbers, are you winning money on a regular basis

Reply #7

Simon Templar — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:11:34 GMT

Thanks for all of the input, guys. It IS appreciated. However, I think the actual question (or at least the spirit of it) has gotten lost.

It is not that I WANT to track the two matrices, merely that if I give it the entire 19 years worth it will track it as though it is one matrix (obvious, right?)

To be sure, the most accurate pool of draws is the post-Jan09. No question about that. Logically, that should be the only choice as using the larger, combined, pool would skew things away

Reply #6

cobalt179 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:29:58 GMT

Simon,

I know that you have a system designed, that goes all the way back to 1992. The entire matrix of the game was changed in 2009. When they changed the matrix, they changed the whole game. Just a question here. Why do you want to play with 2 matrixs? Correct me if I am wrong. The new numbers, they never played in the old matrix. When they introduced the new numbers, they created a new matrix, yes or no. How is it then, that since the old matrix and the new matrix never played together, ca... [ More ]

Reply #5

cobalt179 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:04:26 GMT

Simon,

I do not know how you play the game. Here is some good information. Since January 7th, 2009 there have been 257 draws for the powerball game and the white ball sums between 101 and 200 have hit 218 times. That is 84.8% of the time. The sums between 101 and 200 have hit every 1.2 games. That means that there are 4,109,105 combinations in the sum range of 101 to 200. There are 5,006,386 possible combinations for the powerball game. That is a reduction of 897,382 combinations. If you play... [ More ]

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cobalt179 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:01:27 GMT

Simon,

I do not blame you for just playing with the WB draws. You might want to use these top 10 powerballs since January 7th, 2009. 23,15,21,27,30,5,11,29,37 and 4. I say this only because you are already playing the Powerball Game.

Since Jan. 2007 the hottest powerballs overall are 36,7. In the past year 15. In the past 2 years 23. In the past 3 years 23. Hottest June PB is 6. Hottest PB in the past 3 years for June, is 6. Hottest PB drawn on day 25 is PB 23. The best prime PB overall i... [ More ]

Reply #3

guesser — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:24:48 GMT

One thing I see people do is not even select a single number from X group.

Meaning, they won't even think about playing a number from 1 to 10, or 50 to 59. EVER.

That cuts 17% of the numbers, and it's great - as long as a number from that group does not hit.

I will confess when the PB matrix went to 55 I avoided numbers 50 thru 55, I did OK.

Reply #2

Simon Templar — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:26:26 GMT

Well...right now I'm not even worrying about PB results (one thing at a time, you see).

Right now I'm playing strictly with WB draws.

....sT

Reply #1

RJOh — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:11:14 GMT

What are you calling better results? More winning WB or more winning PB or both

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Simon Templar — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:14:27 GMT

I have been working on a Powerball system. One with some puzzling results.....

I have it designed to seek patterns in past drawings using both a matrix of all draws back to 1992 and another matrix going back only to Jan09 when they changed the active game matrix.

As we all know, prior to Jan09 the game matrix (I believe) was 5/56. Since Jan09 the game matrix is 5/59. Although the change is not huge...it is mathematically significant. Yet, I seem to get better results when considering