One might also look as how a random system pick its numbers and how often the number repeats. Some time back, I added a routine to my lottery program that does that. Below, it's checking the file of Ohio Classic Lotto. The numbers drawn on 05/12 last hit 5,16,18,7,29 and 5 draws earlier which add up to 80 which average 13. I did a check of the last 100 drawings and most average between 6-9 so I'm going experiment with picking random combinations that have an average pre-hit range that average 6-9 draws back.
Ave draw amount
3 4
4 5
5 8
6 14
7 12
8 12
9 15
10 6
11 10
12 5
13 4
14 1
16 1
20 2
CLOTO649 1 205 05/12/08 06 08 21 22 44 49 MIN. 1
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CLOTO649 5 200 2 04/30/08 06 40 41 45 47 49 2*
S/NUM 2 ----------------------------------------
~ DRS 7 198 4 04/26/08 06 10 14 22 29 38 2*
3 ----------------------------------------
8 197 5 04/23/08 06 07 09 14 33 39 1
9 196 6 04/21/08 35 36 38 42 46 49 1
15 190 7 04/07/08 01 17 22 28 33 42 1
16 189 8 04/05/08 02 03 04 08 11 24 1*
4 ----------------------------------------
18 187 9 03/31/08 02 05 15 16 21 42 1*
PAY RATE 5 ----------------------------------------
1 24 181 11 03/17/08 02 04 06 08 14 16 2
28 177 12 03/08/08 07 18 22 46 47 48 1
29 176 14 03/05/08 08 25 29 31 44 47 2*
6 ----------------------------------------
1/ 5 2/ 5 4/ 7 8/16 9/18 14/29
06 08 21 22 44 49
4 3 1 3 1 2 = 14
3 0 0 1 1 2 = 7
5 16 18 7 29 5 = 80 ~13
