What do you use for statistical analysis?

Reply #48

CajunWin4 — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 22:14:11 GMT

I use Wave Form Analysis for games predictions

Reply #47

thamizhpayan — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:56:46 GMT

Java code (application) for analysis with draw data from excel.

Thinking to port exported data to database instead of generating each time.

All other systems downloaded from LP are mostly excel sheets.

Reply #46

sully16 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 04:05:16 GMT

Paper pencil, the tools here at LP, Love inspect 3, search past results and pairs analysis. Good stuff.

Reply #45

MzDuffleBaglady — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 04:00:26 GMT

Reply #44

LottoBux — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:17:42 GMT

Agreed,

Excel

Website Subscription To LP's Amazing Tools

A Bit Of Paper And Pencil For Short W/O's

I Also Have Lotto Pro As A Tool But Haven't Used It Recently.

(I Will Though When I Play Keno)

I Mainly Use LP And The Odd Excel File.

Sometimes Too Much Data Is Just That....Too Much Information

Reply #43

SWMcCaig — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:17:19 GMT

I only play the Pick-3, and I've owned several different commercial software programs designed for lottery analysis over the years. In the end, I always end up back at a simple Excel tracking sheet tracking simple items such as sums, root sums, LDS, VTrac, etc. Seems to work best for me.

Reply #42

hypersoniq — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:37:33 GMT

No matter which way I try, I always get back to Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice Calc.

Given the types of things I try, Excel handles everything, from storing the drawing history to processing any transforms I can imagine, to backtesting.

I would like to try using a programming language to read csv files and process output, and that's a learning curve I have just begun recently, but even that has basis in pencil and paper. Most ideas are ran off in excel because of the quick feeback.

I wo... [ More ]

Reply #41

Wisconsin3054 — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:28:46 GMT

Tail

Reply #40

SergeM — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 01:48:47 GMT

There was just one single head.

Reply #39

Wisconsin3054 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:50:06 GMT

Heads

Reply #38

SergeM — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:58:37 GMT

The coin flip

Watch the videos on utube. According to the mathematical understanding of random ... , but ... . Yeah, I know, most here hate coin flips. They cannot predict a coin flip result and want to win pick 3 or lotto with mathematics or data. Nobody has ever answered my coin flip questions. Are you guys avoiding that little coin flip

Reply #37

RJOh — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:54:36 GMT

I'm curious.

What is it that you see when watching the ball machines at work that tells you that the winning ball selections are based on an algorithm or some other mathematical action, as opposed to pure chance??

I don't watch the ball machines at work, I simply record drawing results and look at them. If I see a pattern that has happened 10-15% of the time in previous drawings I develop an algorithm for it and pick my numbers using it. The problem is within that algorithm are hundreds o... [ More ]

Reply #36

bobby623 — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:18:18 GMT

To all:

I'm curious.

What is it that you see when watching the ball machines at work that tells you that the winning ball selections are based on an algorithm or some other mathematical action, as opposed to pure chance??

Don't you sometimes wonder if all the algorithms you create are just expressions of the possibilities in a fixed matrix, rather than the result of random chaos in a mixing vessel??

I suggest you might have better results if you devise methods that track current game... [ More ]

Reply #35

AllenB — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 18:18:20 GMT

RL, you are so right. As I am nearing the completion of the data extraction setups for a variety of filters, I don't yet have a feeling for the guess. I am drawn to Games Out, Games/Frequency, Repeats, Odd/Even, High/Low, Hot/Cold, Combinations of the former. Each should be useful but I don't have a feel for it yet, So, I am diving in deeper, comparing the ranking of the selected variable to the other 9 possible variables for the number drawn, all the while having no clue how to use the tool whe... [ More ]

Reply #34

SergeM — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 15:39:05 GMT

My first programming experience was html, but I must have broken my fingers typing the and on the keyboard, many years ago. I tried free tutorials VB and VBA from Microsoft. My first steps with database and spreadsheets were done with MS Works. I saw no use for that at first, later I understood what it meant to have backups. Over the years you also learn that antivirus often means viruskeep and virus remember or attractor. (...) I started doing Lotto in Excel, later involved VBA. With time I fou... [ More ]

Reply #33

Lildarryl — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:57:01 GMT

Allen b. We think alike.

Reply #32

DCTreybil — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:52:53 GMT

I also use code that I write. I use Visual Basic and Visual C++. I realize these languages are going by the wayside, but I've used these environments for 20 years and have no desire to go through the learning curve with Python or Ruby, assuming you can even write GUI programs in those languages.

Also, there is the matter of re-writing a rather large library of utilities - not a task that I savor . . .

I use VB where speed performance is not an issue. VB will report errors in code when you... [ More ]

Reply #31

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 03:04:28 GMT

Before I start a new matrix I generate a list of all the variables for every filter, digit etc.. that I will

be using. I learn the overall percents each takes up within the matrix. It's this list that gives me

the expected values to play before the first set is ever drawn. If a value shows in 35% of the lines

within the matrix then I expect it to show in 35% of the live draws. From that point it's all about

making good guesses as to when it will show. That's the hard part.

RL... [ More ]

Reply #30

SergeM — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:10:01 GMT

Buy software that allows you to enter drawings. GL

Reply #29

anadya1 — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 18:48:52 GMT

I have been using the test draws for the powerball.. and breaking the numbers down by draw machine and ball set... so far I have done this by hand.. does anybody know a way I can do this with software.. the other website I used is THE LUCKY GENE ... good website.. good software wheels.. but does not analyze the test draw data so I am stuck here now... I could use some help... are we able to exchange phone numbers on this website.. I am based out of Massachusetts if anybody is local.. we could ge... [ More ]

Reply #28

jimjwright — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:27:18 GMT

The only thing I have commented on in this topic is the math related to the following statement since this is the math forum.

-Will the 0,4,5 or 9 show or not? 80% of the time the answer will be Yes .

I have not endorsed this statement as either a good or bad strategy when it comes to Pick3.

Good luck with your strategies, methods, and betting.

Jimmy

Reply #27

lakerben — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:21:01 GMT

There is a significant amount of money to be spent to cover these digits. Two months doesn't cover the whole year so betting percentages means huge losses. The other 10 months would be spent chasing percentages. I won't bet that way.

0xx

4xx

5xx

9xx

One digit doesnt pay and a back or front pair in NM only nets $5, so it's a wash.

I bet with my experience not with percentages because thats only something on this site that impresses people. The only thing I want is winners. The... [ More ]

Reply #26

jimjwright — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 05:47:42 GMT

The following is the month of December for New Mexico Pick 3 you have had 39 draws out of 52 that have had a 0,4,5,9 in the combination or 39/52 = 0.75 or 75% of the draws which is not far from the math expectation of 78.4%.

NewMexico-Pick3-December-2015

So lets see what the months of November and December did. Month of November was 45 of 50. So if we add them together we get 84 of 102 draws for months of November and December that have had a 0, 4, 5, 9 in them. 84/102 = 82%.

NewMexico

Reply #25

lakerben — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:12:33 GMT

I don't think so. There is alot of variance in the game. You are talking apples and oranges. What can hit and what really hits are why we bet ,but the percentages are way off. That's why I cringe when someone makes a blanket statement of what could hit. Nice try but not realistic or acccurate.

Reply #24

jimjwright — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:58:23 GMT

Using Lottery Post's Deflate 3 and filtering for any straight combination containing 0,4,5,9 shows that there are 784 combinations or 78.4% chance of event happening on any particular draw.

I agree that in the in the short term there will be variance but over a statistically significant number of draws on a non-bias lottery machine it will approach the number stated.

784 Combinations

Ham n Cheese!

Jimmy

Reply #23

CARBOB — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:55:07 GMT

Reply #22

lakerben — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:42:42 GMT

I don't use percentages to bet. Show this as proof instead of just stating that 0,4,5,9 hits in 78 % of draws I don't buy it. You use 78 % of the pool of 1000 numbers but due to repeats, trends etc these percentages don't hold true. What is available in the 1000 possibilities and what hits over a span of time are two different things. Go to lotsoft program and analye any state and you will find combinations that have a 0,4,5,9 digit and they are out several draws ,so this is proof these digits t... [ More ]

Reply #21

Tialuvslotto — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:27:17 GMT

Thanks for fielding that one, Jim!

I might add that I like the 0,4,5,9 scheme in preference to any other 4 number grouping, because 0 is most likely at low, 4 is the most likely digit at mid and 9 is most likely at the high position. Thus, it is fairly easy to place these digits as box combos.

0xx, x4x, x5x, xx9

Reply #20

jimjwright — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:50:47 GMT

For pick3 any randomly selected 4 digits equate to 784 straight combinations that contain at least one of the 4 digits. So the percentage is 78.4% mathematically speaking. There is nothing special about digits 0, 4, 5, 9 other than they equate to two VTrac digits. The digits 0, 1, 2, 3 have the same probability of hitting in the next draw but they span 4 VTrac digits. The grouping of the VTrac digits were completely arbitrary and a different grouping would perform the same.

Jimmy

Reply #19

lakerben — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:55:20 GMT

Are you using Texas for this 80% statement?

It sure doesn't happen in other states such as New Mexico.

These percentages seem misleading and off base. Ridiculous

Reply #18

Tialuvslotto — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 11:53:38 GMT

That's an interesting idea, Kola.

It essentially boils the game down to a few decisions:

-Will the 0,4,5 or 9 show or not? 80% of the time the answer will be Yes .

-If 0,4,5,9 show, will it be a single, a pair or a triple?

-Which of the other 3 digits will hit

Reply #17

Kola — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 04:56:54 GMT

I agree, and one could even reduce things down to 4 digits, because in the main, 0,4,5 and 9 can all be grouped as one.

Reply #16

Tialuvslotto — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:03:00 GMT

I always have to guess or select something to initiate the selection process.

For me that something is my Vtracs spreadsheet. Reducing things down to only 5 digits makes it easier to spot the patterns, and much easier to guess what is going to fall next, at least I find it so. Of course, since each Vtrac represents 2 real digits you are still making a decision at each position.

Reply #15

lakerben — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 03:07:57 GMT

Great idea!

I hope you might upload this project once you are done.

Reply #14

AllenB — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:57:02 GMT

I also use Excel because I know exactly what I setup and how it works. I have taken most of the processes that I have read about here on LP and incorporated them into workbooks. I have workbooks for Pick3, Pick4, and Pick 5/39. I have been focusing lately on Pick4 using Strings, Formulas, Hot, Cold, Odd, Even, Sums, Pairs, Mirrors, Position Changes. My processes are scattered around my computer desktop like papers piled high enough to hid my real desk. Eventually I will get them all combined int... [ More ]

Reply #13

SergeM — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:41:36 GMT

I developed Daily 3 California more than a bit and think that I did a very good job. The link: LINK .

It doesn't have anything of a black box, it is clear. There are no mystery picks. Eventually you lack of mathematical knowledge or research, or you felt to some scam and don't get the correctly free displayed data. Normally you would pay good $'s for this. The tool is pretty complete with charts to querying the data. You won't find this anywhere else on Internet. If you are unable to use this... [ More ]

Reply #12

Tialuvslotto — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:43:45 GMT

I also use Excel. If I come across an idea that I like I just build it into my spreadsheet. This has a few advantages:

Keeps everything in one place I know what I am getting, rather than using black box software Color coding is easy with conditional formatting, as AllenB has pointed out. Challenges my brain. I am always learning new ways to use Excel to get the results I want.

Reply #11

lottolot — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:54:00 GMT

O.K.

Thanks for your answer.

Happy Christmas.

Reply #10

ArizonaDream — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 01:37:33 GMT

The NN was beating the game odds, but not by enough to be profitable over the house advantage. I started seeing an interesting pattern in LD lotto. and my self picks are currently more consistant than the NN at picking 2/5 matches. But I need to improve to start getting some 3/5 hits at least to break even. (2/5 only pays $1). Everything else being equal, I'd prefer to play a system I understand over a black box NN that I don't entirely.

Reply #9

Quench — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:32:54 GMT

I user Google sheets (spreadsheet) and Sqlite (database) for backtesting

Reply #8

lottolot — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:33:28 GMT

Hello Arizona Dream:

These some of your last comments about Neural Net Lottery Picker :

I had another P3 win last night (on paper only). P4 isn't producing results. I've had one 3/5 and multiple 2/5 hits (again just on paper) on LD lotto.

I had my 2nd Pick 3 win (on paper) yesterday. I've also had multiple 2/5 wins of LD lotto

62% prize ratio on all games, 96% on P3 alone, not beating the house advantage, but pretty darn interesting

My question is:

With so man... [ More ]

Reply #7

riscknight — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:32:10 GMT

My own programs written in ASSEMBLY and C *mostly*.

I do download shareware and trial lottery programs to check them out; I even bought 4 of them through the years. Still, If you're a lottery player for over 20 years and a programmer, you can write what you really need. Nothing beats that.

*After* the 'reduction' that some 'common' filters output like High / Low, Odd / Even, Same Last Digits, Sums etc, I reduce the combinations to a playable amount depending on how much money I would l... [ More ]

Reply #6

AllenB — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:03:41 GMT

In Excel use conditional formatting. Newer versions allow enough conditions to cover all 10 numbers, Older versions only allow 3. Conditions can be set as value matching or use formulas.

Reply #5

GGStarlings — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:56:43 GMT

I love color coding for the quick visual impact, the way it helps deliver info to my memory banks. I'm sure a Neurologist would have better terminology for this, but I'm betting you know what I mean since you use it too. I am always looking for ways to organize the data so I can see patterns and commit it to memory.

Reply #4

ArizonaDream — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 01:09:12 GMT

I do color coding too. I want to at least learn how to write macros to do it for me to save some time, and avoid errors.

Reply #3

GGStarlings — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:36:50 GMT

It's a mix of scientific process and intuition, measurement and getting a 'feel' for the flow. I have Synesthesia so all the numbers are colorful characters to me. Hey, it brings in the cash so I can't complain.

Reply #2

lakerben — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 20:57:31 GMT

Great idea

Reply #1

GGStarlings — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:13:59 GMT

I use Microsoft Word to build spreadsheets. For what I do it's sufficient. I developed my own system, which is really all about sorting and observing. Although I love math, I use no special formulas and no higher math. I sort and observe, sort and observe. Oh, and I color code based on number frequency. Color really helps me.

What do you use for statistical analysis?

ArizonaDream — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:47:43 GMT

Question for those of you who take a statistical approach to analysing the numbers, what tools do you use? (Looking for hot numbers, cold numbers, average days out, etc.) How about for building and backtesting a system?

Please name the tools in this thread, if it's something purchased.

I'm using OpenCalc (excel-like spreadsheet) and use simple formulas, but want to expand my capabilities.