As we move closer to year end, I've been looking at my YTD spreadsheet, and it's getting easier to see which Take5 numbers will most likely hit for 55 times (or more) in 2014. (That's a lot of hits in one year)
The 17 is already at 52 hits for the year, and I think it'll be the number that'll have the most hits this year, but it's currently cycled out of the hot streak it was on in Sept. (It's been missing for 14 drawings, and has hit just once in October.)
The 1, 2, and 22 are at 45 hits for the year. The 19 is at 46 hits, the 29 is at 47 hits, and the 8 is in 2nd place at 48 hits. I think these are the numbers that have the best opportunity to make it at least into the low fifty's or even to 55 hits for the year.
On the other end of the spectrum, the 3 and the 27 still stink! They've hit just 24 times this year, and they each have been missing for a while now, but when they do hit, I think it'll be time to jump on them. I've looked back over the history of T5, and I did not see a single year where a number hit less than 30 times in one calendar year. In most years, any number that was the lowest hitter for the year had 31, 32, or 33 hits. There's 2.5 months left in 2014. The 3 and the 27 just have to start hitting soon to get to the low thirty's for the year.
So IMHO, the 3, 27, 17, 1, 2, 22, 19, 29 and the 8 are very likely to fall during the time remaining in 2014. G5