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I'm sure everybody is sick and tired of me harping on the number of year to date hits that each number has.
OK, but consider this;
In NY's Take5, #10 has 25 hits and is a little more than half way to the expected number of hits for the year which is 48.
In Florida's Fantasy Five, #34 also has 25 hits, and is almost halfway to the expected number of hits for the year which is 51.
So, in this year which is NOT half over, why is it that two states lottery's (that operate completely independent of each other) have one number that is half way to the expected number of hits for the year? And those two states are not the only ones. I'm sure you can find the same thing in other states with similar games as well. Play #10 - frequently! G5
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Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on May 7, 2016
I'm sure everybody is sick and tired of me harping on the number of year to date hits that each number has.
OK, but consider this;
In NY's Take5, #10 has 25 hits and is a little more than half way to the expected number of hits for the year which is 48.
In Florida's Fantasy Five, #34 also has 25 hits, and is almost halfway to the expected number of hits for the year which is 51.
So, in this year which is NOT half over, why is it that two states lottery's (that operate completely independent of each other) have one number that is half way to the expected number of hits for the year? And those two states are not the only ones. I'm sure you can find the same thing in other states with similar games as well. Play #10 - frequently! G5
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Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on May 7, 2016
I'm sure everybody is sick and tired of me harping on the number of year to date hits that each number has.
OK, but consider this;
In NY's Take5, #10 has 25 hits and is a little more than half way to the expected number of hits for the year which is 48.
In Florida's Fantasy Five, #34 also has 25 hits, and is almost halfway to the expected number of hits for the year which is 51.
So, in this year which is NOT half over, why is it that two states lottery's (that operate completely independent of each other) have one number that is half way to the expected number of hits for the year? And those two states are not the only ones. I'm sure you can find the same thing in other states with similar games as well. Play #10 - frequently! G5
Here's another one:
California Fantasy Five (A 5/39 matrix, same odds as Take5)
By May 6th, 2015 #12 was the top hitter with 23 hits. By 12/31/15 #12 was the top hitter for the year with 59 hits. (Almost 60 hits for the year... #12 was less than half way through 2015 but was just about half way to the expected number of hits for the year which is 48.)
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Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on May 7, 2016
Here's another one:
California Fantasy Five (A 5/39 matrix, same odds as Take5)
By May 6th, 2015 #12 was the top hitter with 23 hits. By 12/31/15 #12 was the top hitter for the year with 59 hits. (Almost 60 hits for the year... #12 was less than half way through 2015 but was just about half way to the expected number of hits for the year which is 48.)
Coincidence? I think not. G5
Here's something else about NY, Fla, Md, and California.
I know NY uses a ball machine to draw their T5 numbers, but I don't know what method is used by the other three states. One or all three of them could be using a RNG. But regardless of the method those other states use to draw their numbers, the behavior/characteristics of each game is still pretty much the same. (All them will see their hottest number having approximately 60 hits per year.)
For accuracy's sake, Florida's hottest number hits in the low 60's. (61, 62, or 63 times) That's a function of their 5/36 matrix. There are three fewer numbers competing to be drawn in Florida which allows one number to have two or three additional hits in one year's time.
I'm sure some PhD with a mathematics degree can explain why this happens. But I really don't care why it happens. My point is if the lottery is as random as some say it is (and that you cant use past results to predict future results) why then can I tell you now, in the month of May, that NY's Take5 #10 will have close to 60 hits by the end of 2016?? #10 may NOT end up being the hit leader for 2016. Maybe #8 or #31 will pass #10. But I can pretty much guarantee you right now that one of those three will be 2016's top hitter.
This is why I'm going to play them on many of the lines I play for the balance of the year.G5
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Quote: Originally posted by GiveFive on May 8, 2016
Here's something else about NY, Fla, Md, and California.
I know NY uses a ball machine to draw their T5 numbers, but I don't know what method is used by the other three states. One or all three of them could be using a RNG. But regardless of the method those other states use to draw their numbers, the behavior/characteristics of each game is still pretty much the same. (All them will see their hottest number having approximately 60 hits per year.)
For accuracy's sake, Florida's hottest number hits in the low 60's. (61, 62, or 63 times) That's a function of their 5/36 matrix. There are three fewer numbers competing to be drawn in Florida which allows one number to have two or three additional hits in one year's time.
I'm sure some PhD with a mathematics degree can explain why this happens. But I really don't care why it happens. My point is if the lottery is as random as some say it is (and that you cant use past results to predict future results) why then can I tell you now, in the month of May, that NY's Take5 #10 will have close to 60 hits by the end of 2016?? #10 may NOT end up being the hit leader for 2016. Maybe #8 or #31 will pass #10. But I can pretty much guarantee you right now that one of those three will be 2016's top hitter.
This is why I'm going to play them on many of the lines I play for the balance of the year.G5
Maybe NYL intentionally manipulates 1 or two numbers in every draw ? That's why it's not random