I think these posts underline two facts:
1. Number selection in any lottery is random. The machine doesn't know what the odds are or care that #1 has come up 150 times, compared to 45 times for #5. The little balls are agitated by a paddle in a drum. They all seek to escape, a condition that occurs a fixed number of times. The ball closest to the air shute or drop path wins.
There is no code. It's the way it works, and it has been working very well for many years. It might be different with computer draws, I don't know.
2. In lieu of quick picks, folks who play regularly have to develop a substitute system based on something other than number frequencies and odds. Such a system should be designed to look at winning combinations one section at a time, identify certain patterns and then play whole combinations that have not come up in past drawings.
I play the Texas Cash 5 game 6 days a week. I have a set of 10 combinations that I play. I usually have a $2 winner every drawing. Sometimes I have a $9 to $12 winner. I've had several 4/5 winners that returned up to $485. No 5/5 winners yet, but, maybe one day soon. It's a lousy pick 5 game, but all we have.
Overall, I'm behind - just like everybody else.
I've never tried to figure the odds of this and that happening. It's a waste of time. I either have 2/5, 3/5 4/5 or 5/5 or I don't. Case closed
My substitute system is called alphanumeric substitution. I covert all number combinations to alphabetical sequences. In Texas Cash 5, AAB, ABB, ABC, and AAA come up more frequently in positions 1.2.3 than any other partial sequence. CCD, DDD, BCD, CDD are the most popular in positions 3,4 and 5.
Four of the alphabetical sequences I'm playing are ABBCD, AABDD, BBCDD, AAABC.
I keep a record of pairs and triples, according to sequence and position.I refer to this data to select numbers. For example, I look at ABB and pick a triple that hasn't come up yet. In this case, its 8.11.14. I then refer to charts for BCD in positions 3.4.5. I picked one that began with 14.
The result is that I'm playing ABBCD 8.11.14.22.31. I've checked this against the winning combinations list and it is not a 4/4 or 5/5 repeat.
I intend to keep playing this combination until I get a 3/5 or 4/5 win. I won't change the alphabetical sequences until my data shows that another sequence has risen to the top 10 field.
I could get all numbers in playing 8 sets (5x8=40) for a 5/37 game, but playing 10 is not excessive, for me.
Hope I contributed something useful.