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Can math and logic improve chances of winning a jackpot?Reply
Since we are talking about jackpot style games, the kinds with a top prize of ten million dollars or more, I wouldn't expect to see a top prize won very often but just some evidence that the odds of winning the top prize were greatly improved. Eventually I would expect to see a big win if the right choices were made often enough and with jackpot games winning once might be enough. Lottery players have all kinds of theories about winning and make all kinds of claims and if they are satisfied w
Jul 23, 2013, 8:57 pm - RJOh - Mathematics Forum

9/26 Powerball statistical anomoly
The 9/26 Powerball drawing was for a set of high numbers: 25, 27, 31, 44, 54 PB 8. This set of numbers would be expected to produce statistically expected frequencies for various win categories. That is, there is nothing in these numbers that should produce statistical aberrations, especially since that are high numbers. In this drawing, the Match 4 + PB category had 256 winners which was way above the statistical expected frequency. We would expect something much closer to around 30 winn
Sep 28, 2007, 5:46 pm - Rehoboth - Mathematics Forum