After you've read this post there's no doubt in my mind that you'll think I'm crazy.
But as crazy as this sounds, as of today, I can almost see which Take5 number will have the most hits in 2020. After 34 drawings this year, there are already eight numbers that are in strong position to become the most frequently drawn number of 2020. Two of them have hit eight times this year and six have been drawn seven times. #'s 31 and 38 have been drawn eight times in the 34 drawings held in 2020. #'s 7,8,26,27,33 &34 have been drawn seven times.
Seven and eight hits by February 3rd is significant because that's halfway to having 15 hits by March 31st. Yet we are not halfway to March 31st. March 31st will be the 91st day of 2020. (2020 is a Leap Year) The 45th day of 2020 will be February 14th which is the halfway point of the first quarter of this year. So as you can see, #'s 31 and 38 are ahead of schedule.
If a number is going to have almost 60 hits by year end, it's gotta have 14, 15 or 16 hits by March 31st or it will not get to about 60 hits. I've looked at the data in previous years, and it never fails - the hit leader for any given year I looked at had 14, 15 or 16 hits by March 31st of that same year.
I like #31's chances to be the biggest hitter of 2020. In the last 365 drawings, it's tied with #'s 8 and 30 with 56 hits and in the entire history of Take5, it's the 3rd biggest hitter. We'll see what happens, but come March 31st, if it's sitting at 15 hits, then it'll be the biggest banger the rest of the year. G5