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• hypersoniq

  

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  I am currently testing my system on 2 versions of history, full and new matrix only.

  I wonder if I should limit the new matrix only portion to just the last 2 places in sorted order because 54 and 55 would never be the first 3 in sorted order... or perhaps new matrix for white balls and full for PBs since the PB matrix hasn't changed in a long time...

  What would you do and why?

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• RJOh

  

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  I keep all the history of any lottery that I have acquired since all my data files have the same structure and don't take up a large amount of space.  I usually only use the latest data since the last matrix change but I alway have the older data if I want to test it,

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• four4me

  

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  Jun 10, 2007, 11:37 pm

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  I use the current history since the last matrix change.

  that which was before is of no value.

  Sometimes i only use the last 25 draws and work with the hottest digits and then add cold digits that weren't drawn and make some wheels using that data.
• time*treat

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by hypersoniq on Jun 10, 2007

  I am currently testing my system on 2 versions of history, full and new matrix only.

  I wonder if I should limit the new matrix only portion to just the last 2 places in sorted order because 54 and 55 would never be the first 3 in sorted order... or perhaps new matrix for white balls and full for PBs since the PB matrix hasn't changed in a long time...

  What would you do and why?

  What: I'd use the entire history.

  Why: If you developed something of use now, you'd likely find that it would still have some value when/if the matrix enlarged in the future. Likewise the same applies for past data. Sometimes a pattern is much easier to spot in a smaller data-set/matrix-size; then it's just a matter of scaling up.

  The alternative is to scrap all your work every time another ball is added to the pool and wait a year or two for a history to build up. You can see the flaw in that approach. 

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• guesser

  

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  I only use history since the last wholesale ballset changes.
• BigJer

  

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  Hi all

    I use the curent ball set of 180 or so real numbers plus 360,000 random numbers as 5 of 55 in Ion's mdiedit.we version 4.

   

  A s new numbers are drawn I check to see if they are a repeat of 5, most all the time they are not a repeat.

   

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• hypersoniq

  

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  thanks for the replies!

  I amgoing to go with the most recent matrix. When I compared positions matches vs. draws... the short list fared better (slightly but better)

  Have an EXCELlent day!