How to find the Game Index for Pick 3 and Pick 4
Step by Step Instructions
The Game Index contains the 6 most dominant digits in any point in time in both Pick 3 and Pick 4.
The Game Index for Pick 3 is good for a week.
The Game Index for Pick 4 is good for two weeks.
The 6 digits in the index can be wheeled to create numbers that will hit within the next 7 days for Pick 3 or the next 14 days for Pick 4.
Very important: the index is very stable. It can stay the same for several days or even a week. It will NOT change from draw to draw.
For the sake of simplicity I will show how to find the index for Pick 3.
To find the index you need the last 20 drawings. In total you will have 60 digits (20 drawings X 3 digits per drawing = 60 digits).
I will use these 20 drawings from New York to create an index in this example.
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2/20/2011
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2
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9
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9
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2
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2/20/2011
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8
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4
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3
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3
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2/19/2011
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1
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0
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3
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4
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2/19/2011
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4
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6
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5
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5
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2/18/2011
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7
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2
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3
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6
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2/18/2011
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7
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8
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1
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7
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2/17/2011
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0
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7
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1
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8
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2/17/2011
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7
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2
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0
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9
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2/16/2011
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7
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9
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3
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10
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2/16/2011
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1
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7
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9
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11
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2/15/2011
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0
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1
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5
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12
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2/15/2011
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9
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5
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3
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13
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2/14/2011
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4
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0
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5
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14
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2/14/2011
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0
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1
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1
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15
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2/13/2011
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5
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5
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4
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16
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2/13/2011
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9
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0
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5
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17
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2/12/2011
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6
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4
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7
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18
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2/12/2011
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3
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3
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2
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19
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2/11/2011
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4
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3
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1
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20
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2/11/2011
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1
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5
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6
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Now you need to sort out all 60 digits and find out how many times each digit hit.
From the low digits (012) find the two that hit the most. Whenever you have two digits that hit the same number of times, pick the lowest of the two.
From the middle digits (3456) find the two that hit the most. When two digits hit the same number of times, pick the lowest.
From the high digits (789) find the two that hit the most. Pick the lowest if two hit the same number of times.
You would do the exact same thing for Pick 4; find the top two digits in the low, middle, and high digits.
There are several ways to find the top two digits from each group. Here I will show you how it can be done in Excel or any software that sorts numbers.
All the digits can be lined up and sorted from lowest (0) to highest (9). Once the digits are sorted, separate the 10 digits into 10 separate columns.
The 10 columns would look like this:
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7 |
8 |
9 |
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9 |
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9 |
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I highlighted in red the two digits from each group that hit the most times. In the 012 group the digits 1 and 0 hit the most. The digit 1 hit the most so it goes on top. These two digits would be lined up like this:
1
0
In the 3456 group the 3 and the 5 hit the SAME number of times but since 3 is the lowest of the two it goes on top like this:
3
5
The 7 and the 9 hit the most in the 789 group. 7 hit the most times so it goes on top like this:
7
9
The index is created simply by lining up these digits next to each other.
The date of the index is the most recent draw used in the 20 drawings (Feb 20).
The Game Index for the New York Pick 3 game for Feb 20 is