Statistical Analysis of MegaMillions

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Stat$talker — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:17:07 GMT

CountingMan...

That's pretty good info... I wish you would do the same Analysis, but in the 3 categories of 100 games, 50 games 10 games..!! then email those results to me... Info such as that can be very useful when combined with Probability Math..

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CountingMan — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 02:02:47 GMT

Orange71

In the greater scheme of things, I would have to agree.

I would not back up the truck nor bet the farm on anecdotal evidence. That having been said, I tend to trust my own instincts or read on the current state of things than trust a quasi RNG that is any given convenience store's lottery terminal.

Is the data that I originally posted, on its face actionable?. I would say no without hesitation. However, could it be used as part of a larger process? I would have to say I t... [ More ]

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Orange71 — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:45:48 GMT

Since the beginning of humanity people have looked at everything from clouds to stars to ham sandwiches in an attempt to discern patterns that prove some sort of meaning or order. The ham sandwich case (I suppose clouds and cups of coffee too) has included appearances by Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Astrology, with it's beginnings in ancient history, survives today in supermarket checkout tabloids. Does this mean a true pattern/bias/meaning exists? Not at all. In fact it would be surprising if the... [ More ]

Statistical Analysis of MegaMillions

CountingMan — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 14:32:32 GMT

Good Morning Group,

So, I am an accountant, not a statistician. I suspect there are some on here that are much more versed in the Statistical analysis of large random number drawing sets.

I was doing some analysis in Excel, and wanted to share some of what I observed. Do with it what you will, but I thought the findings somewhat interesting.

Ok, so the background:

I downloaded the drawings of the Mega millions results; the data set dates back to approximately February... [ More ]