100 Runs of 2-a-day Pick 3 Data Tested for Combo Completeness

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parlayman — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:43:40 GMT

I tweaked my program to include leap year and then figured out a way to more than double the size of the random numbers it draws from. Then I unleashed it on a long run to see what would happen. The result is what I should have expected, it got a tiny bit closer to Combo Completeness. This time it found a year where all but 5 combos fell. Just for fun, I'm posting those numbers showing them as having fallen In the Year 2525. If you were digging AM radio in 1969, you'll know what I mean...

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100 Runs of 2-a-day Pick 3 Data Tested for Combo Completeness

parlayman — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:42:02 GMT

In the Virginia thread, the assertion was made that a year's worth of honest pick 3 data should be combo complete. By combo complete, we mean that every combo should be drawn. There are 220 unique combos in pick 3 numbers and 730 draws in a 365 day year, so it seems plausible that this might possibly be the case. However, my experience with pick 3 numbers was that this assertion would not be born out.

To get a handle on this question, I wrote a program that intakes a years worth of pick 3 nu... [ More ]