Hello everybody. I’m new here so I’d like to give everyone some background info on myself. I’ve been playing the lottery since it started in my home state ofNew Jersey. At that time you bought them off of a sheet and each ticket had a number on it. I’m not sure when the pick-it started, where you were allowed to pick your own number. Somewhere around 74 or 75.
Anyhow, when I was in school I remember a science teacher pulling out a box similar to an ant farm box. This box was divided into chambers or slots that went about half way up. In the box were marble sized steel balls. He would invert the box so the marbles lay at the top. Then he flipped it back over so the balls fell back into the chambers. They would always fall in an up down pattern no matter how many times you did it. So on that theory I figured everything in life has a pattern including lottery numbers, (I find I am not alone in this line of thinking).
Over the years, off and on, I’ve worked to find this elusive pattern. In the days before computers, hard to believe there were such days, I kept track of the numbers on the pick five. I plotted them on graph paper and connected the dots making graphs and taping the papers together to see if a pattern could be seen. Eventually I gave up and put it away.
Recently, in the last six months, I took up the quest again. I’ve been to dozens of web sites from mathematical formulas concerning patterns to lottery sites that always try to sell you their “guaranteed” system. I started plotting numbers on graphs using Excel and believe it or not I’ve come closer than I did just randomly picking numbers by the “gut feeling” method. I even hit three numbers a couple of times.
When I look at the graphs, one for each number i.e. first, second, and so on, I can see pattern changes. I can even tell if the next number is going to go up or down most times. Problem is I can’t predict how far down or up. I feel I’m missing something and can’t put my finger on it.
I stumbled on this forum in my quest, read a few threads, and thought maybe here I can find the answer or at least get pointed in the right direction.
Well that’s all for now. Hope to hear from everybody.