Your heading to this topic refered to the magnatism . I do think you half to consider the difficulty of being able to choose 5 or 6 numbers based on magnatism alone.
example: I have 5 grandchildern aging 1 to 10, I can baby sit 1 and control them with no problem, 2 little problem , but all 5 , lord help me they would be out of control, and I would end up in a strait jacket.
I think it is the same with numbers it is basically easy to determine 1 or 2 but all of them based off one system. or one idea. the element of luck is still there.
Mark:
I'm finally getting back to you. I appreciate your observations. I believe there's a lot of truth in what you say, from one perspective.
I suppose where we'd differ is that, for me, the easy route lies with 5 and 6 number draws. Things happen too quickly on daily draws. Patterns aren't so obvious on the 3-4 number draws, for me, and they happen so quickly they're hard for me to see except in retrospect.
But there are so many ways 5 and 6 numbers have to work together to come up with a draw, there are lots of patterns and there's enough time to analyze it. Just doesn't work for me with fewer numbers.
3-4 numbers have patterns, I'm sure, but they're sleeker, more cunning, wearing a lot more cammy. All of which puts them out of my league. At least, for now.
But getting an understanding for what's happening with the larger draws with more numbers is mostly just busywork. Seeing the patterns is an inevitable byproduct of doing the busywork.
I think it would be interesting to see how universal the patterns are. For instance, an MM player who was interested in the potential here could look to see if the 9, 10, and 11 on the 3rd draw of the month holds there, too. I'm betting it does. I'm also betting every other pattern I see in PB spills over to all the other lotteries.
But I don't have time to check, at the moment. Got my hands full with my own lottery.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Jack
Edited in as an afterthought:
I hope I haven't implied I only pick numbers based on this aspect of things. I look at what numbers have preceded every number on my pick list, all the way back to the beginning of time. I look at numbers that with hit with each number on my pick list all the way back to the mastadons and guys with too little chin and no forehead. I look at what I've called 'due' numbers, on the strange experience thread. I look at what I call 'skippers'. And I look at one particular other facet of things I'm not telling about at this point in my life.
Jack