I have been mentioning in a few threads that the numbers that many of us (at least I am one!) consider rare actually hit quite often and probably should not be overlooked when you are deciding which numbers to play. Here is what happened yesterday with the pure numbers and series numbers (rare??) marked:
Arizona Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 0-3-4
British Columbia Daily 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 9-6-4
California Daily 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-3-8
Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 9-4-1
Connecticut Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 7-6-1
Play 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1-5-3
Delaware Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 5-4-2
Play 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 2-1-5
Florida Cash 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-2-6
Georgia Cash 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-8-2
Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1-1-1
Idaho Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1-8-6
Illinois Daily 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 2-0-9
Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1-1-1
Indiana Daily 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 5-2-8
Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 0-8-0
Kansas Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 0-8-4
Kentucky Midday Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 7-7-4
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 5-9-0
Louisiana Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 9-5-9
Maine Tri-State Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 2-0-9
Tri-State Pick 3 Midday Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-1-5
Maryland Midday Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 7-5-4
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 7-2-5
Michigan Daily 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-8-8
Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 3-3-5
Minnesota Daily 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 4-6-5
Missouri Midday Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 8-3-2
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 4-8-4
Nebraska Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 0-1-8
New Jersey Midday Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 3-7-9
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 2-8-2
New Mexico Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 0-0-0
New York Midday Numbers Fri, Jun 24, 2005 7-3-6
Numbers Fri, Jun 24, 2005 9-6-7
Ohio Midday Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 4-2-0
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 3-2-6
Ontario Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 5-4-3
Pennsylvania Daily Number Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1-5-8
Midday Daily Number Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-0-7
Quebec La Quotidienne 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 9-3-1
South Carolina Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 3-5-1
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 2-3-7
Tennessee Cash 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1-2-2
Texas Midday Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 3-5-4
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 3-3-6
Virginia Midday 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 3-1-7
Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1-0-1
Washington Daily Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-3-3
Washington, D.C. Lucky Numbers Fri, Jun 24, 2005 8-2-8
Midday Lucky Numbers Fri, Jun 24, 2005 6-6-3
West Virginia Daily 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 2-6-4
Western Canada Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 5-1-2
Wisconsin Daily Pick 3 Fri, Jun 24, 2005 7-8-2
When you look at the total number of pure and series numbers, including triples, there are 80 of them. That is 36.4% of the 220 unique pick 3 numbers. So, we would expect them to hit 36.4% of the time, but in the above results there are 54 draws with 23 "rares" which is 42.6%.
No, I'm not suggesting you play all 80, but just trying to point out that you should consider the pures and series as "good" numbers to play when you are picking.