I have talked about keeping a journal and comparing what the RBs and indexes say with what actually hits.
That is how you find the patterns that work in your state.
You say that you are "...not sure how to look for patterns" and the reason for that is that you are not keeping the journal I keep talking about.
I am looking here at MY journal and I can see that lately the hits from the RBs are coming from the middle of the RB (FGH) and that locations PQR have been hitting alot from the index. Actually, the 13 from the 136 that just hit NY tonight came from the top 3 locations of the index (PQ = 13).
When I look at your RBs and indexes I am going to read them from the standpoint of NY - but what is working in NY right now may not be what is working in your state right now.
So I suggest you write up the RB and index on a notebook and compare that with what hits. I suggest writing the RB and index on one page. One per day.
Or you can do it the way I do; when I open up my notebook the left hand side corresponds to the midday drawing and the right hand page corresponds to the evening drawing. So when I open up the notebook to any page I will see the results for both the midday and evening results for that day.
I write the actual number that hits on TOP of the page; the midday result on top of the left page and the midday result on top of the right page. I write the RB on the top left hand side and the index in the middle of the left page. There are a few other things I write here like The Code but I am not going to get into that here.
Then I write down my predictions in the middle or bottom of the page.
Then I compare what I predicted with what actually hits…which as we all know, is usually VERY different. What we think will hit and what actually hits are two different things. This is, after all, a game of chance (but there are patterns within randomness).
The learning process comes by comparing the two; you LEARN how the game works in your state when you compare what you THOUGHT should have hit based on the information you have with what ACTUALLY hits. This knowledge is what will make you get good at this.
If you can keep this daily discipline up for 30 days and beyond, your ability to predict numbers will go up 20%, 30% or more.
I know this is extra work and it takes self-discipline....but the last time I checked there is no free lunch in life.
If you want the money you will have to WORK for it.