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So when was the last time RB 28 hit?
And, what is more rare: a RB to go that long, or a WB?
I said elsewhere WB 35 has not hit in the last 75 games, but with a WB you get five chances to be hit every game, so 5 x 75 = 375, WB #35 has not hit in 375 chances.
What I have noticed is the numbers that hit rarely 5-6-7 years ago are the SAME numbers that hit rarely today, even with the ballset change, change of venue from Iowa to Florida, and with the matrix change. (not only do they pick random ballsets for each drawing, they DO swap out complete ballsets once in awhile).
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Quote: Originally posted by guesser on Jun 15, 2011
So when was the last time RB 28 hit?
And, what is more rare: a RB to go that long, or a WB?
I said elsewhere WB 35 has not hit in the last 75 games, but with a WB you get five chances to be hit every game, so 5 x 75 = 375, WB #35 has not hit in 375 chances.
What I have noticed is the numbers that hit rarely 5-6-7 years ago are the SAME numbers that hit rarely today, even with the ballset change, change of venue from Iowa to Florida, and with the matrix change. (not only do they pick random ballsets for each drawing, they DO swap out complete ballsets once in awhile).
The previous equation will work for the White Balls, too.
We need to ask the right question, 'What is the probability of any individual number being selected in a draw?'
The answer is, for Powerball, 5 out of 59 or 5 / 59ths or about 0.084745762; that's about 8.4745762%.
Put another way, any individual ball will be drawn about once every 11.8 draws; which is equal to 1 / (5 /59) or 59 / 5.
The variables then become:
P = 5 / 59 and S = 254 for the most current draw to date.
When we plug in the numbers we get the following table:
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Quote: Originally posted by guesser on Jun 15, 2011
So when was the last time RB 28 hit?
And, what is more rare: a RB to go that long, or a WB?
I said elsewhere WB 35 has not hit in the last 75 games, but with a WB you get five chances to be hit every game, so 5 x 75 = 375, WB #35 has not hit in 375 chances.
What I have noticed is the numbers that hit rarely 5-6-7 years ago are the SAME numbers that hit rarely today, even with the ballset change, change of venue from Iowa to Florida, and with the matrix change. (not only do they pick random ballsets for each drawing, they DO swap out complete ballsets once in awhile).
I will find out the last time RB 28 hit in a couple of Hours I have to step out for a 4: 15 appointment. It was well over a year ago though that's for sure probaly even two
I think its more rare for a RB to go that long w/o hitting than it is for a WB. You have 59 WB's to choose from in the powerball game. You have only 29 RB's to choose form in the powerball game.
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Quote: Originally posted by NYSlugger 777 on Jun 15, 2011
I will find out the last time RB 28 hit in a couple of Hours I have to step out for a 4: 15 appointment. It was well over a year ago though that's for sure probaly even two
I think its more rare for a RB to go that long w/o hitting than it is for a WB. You have 59 WB's to choose from in the powerball game. You have only 29 RB's to choose form in the powerball game.
sorry for the typo you have only 39 red balls to choose from in the powerball game
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Quote: Originally posted by guesser on Jun 15, 2011
So when was the last time RB 28 hit?
And, what is more rare: a RB to go that long, or a WB?
I said elsewhere WB 35 has not hit in the last 75 games, but with a WB you get five chances to be hit every game, so 5 x 75 = 375, WB #35 has not hit in 375 chances.
What I have noticed is the numbers that hit rarely 5-6-7 years ago are the SAME numbers that hit rarely today, even with the ballset change, change of venue from Iowa to Florida, and with the matrix change. (not only do they pick random ballsets for each drawing, they DO swap out complete ballsets once in awhile).
RB 28 last hit on Saturday February 9th 2008 over 3 years ago...the winning numbers for that draw are listed below.
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Quote: Originally posted by NYSlugger 777 on Jun 15, 2011
I will find out the last time RB 28 hit in a couple of Hours I have to step out for a 4: 15 appointment. It was well over a year ago though that's for sure probaly even two
I think its more rare for a RB to go that long w/o hitting than it is for a WB. You have 59 WB's to choose from in the powerball game. You have only 29 RB's to choose form in the powerball game.
How do you figure?
You have 59 WB to choose from, one is hit, leaving 58, another is hit leaving 57, then 56, then 55...... as I said, you get Five chances at a WB every game, whereas you get ONE chance at a RB. Why is that so hard to understand?
In some ways, a WB has a 1 in 12 chance of hitting (59 / 5) or better put 5 in 59, but a RB is 1 in 39, period.
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And of course, I played two games on 6/18, had RB #18 in both, changed one at the last minute - something I learned long ago to NEVER do.... also had WB 21 and 38 in the same game.
Lonnie: I was expecting two 'twenties' to hit, I had #21 and #26 in one game, #21 and #28 in the other.
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Quote: Originally posted by guesser on Jun 17, 2011
How do you figure?
You have 59 WB to choose from, one is hit, leaving 58, another is hit leaving 57, then 56, then 55...... as I said, you get Five chances at a WB every game, whereas you get ONE chance at a RB. Why is that so hard to understand?
In some ways, a WB has a 1 in 12 chance of hitting (59 / 5) or better put 5 in 59, but a RB is 1 in 39, period.
Yes, you are definitely right about that 1 in 39 odds of correctly matching the RB if you play just one game since there 39 RB's to choose from.