flossdog
Be a little hard to compute a average, it would depend on if you were blocking or putting the digit in play.
The average number of digits that show in any one draw for mega millions is 5.9 so about 4.1 digits are no
shows. I try and pick two digits to play and block two. When playing I mostly focus on the digits above 3 for
my 5-39. The reason I do this is because many draws have digit 1-2-3 shows. This leaves me with 7 digits from
which to choose. On average 2.4 of these seven digits will show in the next draw so the odds are better selecting
digits to block rather then to play. I first try to block two digits because it gives the best odds for success. Once
I have selected 2 digits to block then the odds for the third selection are about the same for blocking or playing.
MM may be a little different but not much. Your percent for blocking should be higher then for the percent of digits
you put in play. I once selected 29 in a row correctly, that is my best. The way I play I only use digits 4-5-6-7-8-9-0
and make four selection then check. I may select 3 to block and 1 to hit or 2 to block and 2 to hit. I would say that
once you can hit 80% or better then you are doing quite well. It is not nessary to set them all and when playing for
real. The upper limit is not as important as the mininum and most of the time 1/1 or 1/2 will cover the high digits range.
My default setting for base digits is 1/3 but I may tweek them a little as I see fit. It would be interesting if many
would post maybe four digit selections before the actual draw, 2-blocked and 2-played just to see how people are
doing. Unless people ask questions I have no feedback, I would say that around 10 to 15 percent of the people who
downloaded the program will stick with it long enough to do well.
RL