Thanks RJOH that is correct.
How I have my past drawing data stored, each game is given a number.
I call that number the Game Number so the first draw data I have is
the drawing which happened on 6/24/05 -- so that drawing is called Game One
in my database. The last drawing data I have in my database is 12/16/2008,
which is Game number 364... again this is how my database identifies it.
It just so happens (again in my database) an Odd Number Game Number represents a
Friday drawing, while an even number game number represents a Tuesday drawing.
BTW that was not by design, it just happen too work out that way, again in my database.
Because it did work out that way, I can have my program identify the drawing day based upon
whether that Game number is Odd or Even.
Sooooo moving on the what I call "draw outs" some people call "skips" or "gaps"....
I call a "draw out" as the number of Games (drawings) that a number is "out" of the drawing.
In other words, when was this number last selected within a drawing?
Example:
GameNumber |
DrawDate |
DrawDay |
NUM1 |
NUM2 |
NUM3 |
NUM4 |
NUM5 |
BBall |
364 |
12/16/2008 |
T |
10 |
14 |
16 |
29 |
40 |
6 |
363 |
12/12/2008 |
F |
10 |
16 |
19 |
27 |
48 |
25 |
362 |
12/9/2008 |
T |
11 |
12 |
26 |
31 |
33 |
27 |
361 |
12/5/2008 |
F |
21 |
27 |
46 |
52 |
55 |
14 |
In drawing 12/16/2008 (Game Number 364 -- my database identifier)
You have the Number "10" being selected.
the program then searches for the last time number "10" was selected (drawn).
That just happens to be drawing date 12/12/2008 (Game Number 363 -- my database identifier)
Sooo
The number "10" which was select in Game 364 and Game 363
has a "Draw Out" of "1" for Game 364
BTW number '16' also had a "Draw Out" of "1" for Game 364........
For the record number "10" was last drawn in Game 359 and number "16" was
last drawn for Game 348.
So for Game number 363 the number "10" had a draw out of 363 minus 359 or a "4"
AND for Game 363 the number "16" had a draw out of 363 minus 348 or a "15"...
That tells us for Game 364 the drawn number "10" and "16" were both "1" draw out
and since it the "draw out" number is Odd -- that for these two numbers -- were
drawn first on a Friday and then were drawn again on a Tuesday ... or as pointed out earlier
a Friday / Tuesday combination.
BTW for Game 363 (which was a Friday drawing) number "10" had a draw out of a "4"
which tells us the last game number "10" had been drawn was also a Friday.
Where as number "16" for Game 363 had been last drawn on a Tuesday -- because it's draw
out was 15 -- which is an Odd number.
Hope this makes sense now........