Hi GiveFive,
I received your email.
1st for a 5/36 game for a full wheel of just 12 numbers you would need to play 792 combinations =combin(12,5).
The website you are referring to is taking numbers from 3 groups.
For example, a 5/36 game Group 1 = 12 numbers, Group 2 = 12 numbers, and Group 3 = 12 numbers.
If you look at all the ways you can take a total of 5 numbers from each group you would have a list like the following:
So for example: 1 - 2 - 2
If we take 1 number from Group 1 we would have 12 combinations =combin(12,1)
If we take 2 numbers from Group 2 we would have 66 combinations =combin(12,2)
If we take 2 numbers from Group 3 we would have 66 combinations =combin(12,2)
Now if we multiple 12 * 66 * 66 = 52,272 total combinations. =COMBIN(12,1)*COMBIN(12,2)*COMBIN(12,2)
If you want to calculate in Excel how many combinations you would need to play from your 5 draw lottery just change the formula. You would also need to change the 12 12 12 to equal the highest number in your lottery game.
For example in a 5/55 game your formula would look like this:
=COMBIN(18,1)*COMBIN(18,2)*COMBIN(19,2)
=470,934 combinations
Notice the 18 18 19 = 55
You can change the Groups also using the chart above.
So if you wanted to find out how manu combinations for group 5 0 0 the formula would look like the following:
=COMBIN(18,5)*COMBIN(18,0)*COMBIN(19,0)
= 8568 combinations.
So you can see from the image above the combination for each group type 1-2-2, 5-0-0 etc. for a 5/36 game.
Cell B2 I entered 36 for the highest number in the lottery game
In cell B8, C8, and D8 I entered 12, 12, 12
A better group setting for B8, C8, and D8 would be B8 = 5, C8 = 13, and D8 = 18 Total = 36
First, you would need to take the last 200 drawings and sort the numbers 1 through 36 by total hits.
Second, take the best 5 hitting numbers = Group 1
Third, take the next 13 best numbers = Group 2
Fourth, take the remaining 18 numbers = Group 3
You can do this with pen and paper also.
Take the next 72 drawings (36 numbers x 2 = 72 drawings) and see what numbers come from each group.
If the numbers are coming from a certain group matrix i.e 1-2-2 or 1-3-2 etc., you can filter the combinations with other filtering methods.
RL-Randomlogic created a DOS Program for entering numbers into 3 groups. I'll post the link in the next post.
Below is the set up for a 5/36 lottery game along with the combinations based on:
Group 1 = 5
Group 2 = 13
Group 3 = 18
The most likely set of combinations would come from the 0-2-3 group matrix that totals 63,648 combinations and should hit 1 every 5.92 draws.
I really got off the subject but the combinations for a wheeling 12 numbers for a 5/36 came = 792 combinations excel =combin(12,5)
Wheeling 13 combinations for a 5/39 game = 1287 combinations excel =combin(13,5)
Sorry about the long post.