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Quote: Originally posted by lottoarchitect on Jul 27, 2012
Hey, what are you doing here people? Is it some sort of "prediction competition? I'd consider participation with my GAT Engine for fun but I really can't figure your rules. Do you pick 28 numbers + 1 powerball? If so, can someone give me a link to this MegaMillion game to get the history?
Right, just post 28 numbers +1 bonus ball. The USA Mega link is on the left side of this page.
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Quote: Originally posted by Ronnie316 on Jul 27, 2012
I have been working on a strategy of picking random numbers and eliminating them. The question is how many can be chosen for elimination before the odds work against me? We know that any 5 random numbers has a 62% chance of NOT showing up in the drawing, but what about 10-25?
I am going to pick several lines of 25 random number using my RNG to see which number hits first on each line after the drawing tonight. My guess is very few hits in the first 10 numbers.
[This concentrate mostly on 4-hits with average waiting time of 1-3 draws with quite many consecutive 4-hits, can also give a few 5-hits but not as many as the previous GAT prediction. Just post this to check 4-hits performance]
For the 1/46 field:
GAT 881787 (20%) : 39
[The hits distribution for this prediction is closer to 8-12 draws waiting time, there was a good consecutive hits sequence that formed that 20% ratio, it may well happen again but it looks like the average waiting time for a hit here will be around 8-12 draws]
[Data for my reference D=50, SD=20, RF=0 for future prediction runs]
For the competition here, my submission is the GAT 25526 numbers + GAT 881787 for the bonus ball.
From the above, I expect from GAT within the next 10 draws to get about 1-2 5-hit predictions and match the bonus ball 1-2 times. Let's see what we'll get
If you have something to do, at least do it well...
[This concentrate mostly on 4-hits with average waiting time of 1-3 draws with quite many consecutive 4-hits, can also give a few 5-hits but not as many as the previous GAT prediction. Just post this to check 4-hits performance]
For the 1/46 field:
GAT 881787 (20%) : 39
[The hits distribution for this prediction is closer to 8-12 draws waiting time, there was a good consecutive hits sequence that formed that 20% ratio, it may well happen again but it looks like the average waiting time for a hit here will be around 8-12 draws]
[Data for my reference D=50, SD=20, RF=0 for future prediction runs]
For the competition here, my submission is the GAT 25526 numbers + GAT 881787 for the bonus ball.
From the above, I expect from GAT within the next 10 draws to get about 1-2 5-hit predictions and match the bonus ball 1-2 times. Let's see what we'll get
Awsome work lottoarchitect, your numbers are in for tonights draw.
Question: if I take out 15 "elimination" numbers can you run the remaining 41 numbers through your GAT time machine and spit out the best 28 for me to play??
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I'm not happy... actually I'd get a 5 hit playing the numbers not picked by the 2nd prediction hehe, just kidding :)
Question: if I take out 15 "elimination" numbers can you run the remaining 41 numbers through your GAT time machine and spit out the best 28 for me to play??
I can't do that, the string of numbers is formulated by a signature mechanism. I can't eliminate any numbers of those proposed because numbers are picked as a cluster, not individually. Removing numbers from the cluster breaks this relationship within the cluster. What I can do with this engine is to give you a set of X numbers and say these are the most probable to come based on whatever detected by the engine and used to formulate the cluster.
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Quote: Originally posted by lottoarchitect on Aug 1, 2012
I'm not happy... actually I'd get a 5 hit playing the numbers not picked by the 2nd prediction hehe, just kidding :)
Question: if I take out 15 "elimination" numbers can you run the remaining 41 numbers through your GAT time machine and spit out the best 28 for me to play??
I can't do that, the string of numbers is formulated by a signature mechanism. I can't eliminate any numbers of those proposed because numbers are picked as a cluster, not individually. Removing numbers from the cluster breaks this relationship within the cluster. What I can do with this engine is to give you a set of X numbers and say these are the most probable to come based on whatever detected by the engine and used to formulate the cluster.
Ok, cool. Give me a set of 41 numbers for MM Friday night and I will break it down to 28.
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Quote: Originally posted by Ronnie316 on Jun 4, 2012
Because the balls are NUMBERED, it is not a random event.
If half the balls were RED, and half the balls were BLUE, what would be the odds of getting all red or all blue?
Are odds the same for odd/even combinations, because half the balls are odd, and half the balls are even?
HOW COME THE ONLY JACKPOT WINNERS ARE FROM THE [EAST - WEST - NORTH - SOUTH - CITIES - RURAL AREAS]?
HOW COME ONLY [WHITE, BLACK, TALL, SKINNY, YOUNG, OLD] PEOPLE WIN?
Powerball is a random game that knows nothing about who buys a ticket or where a ticket is purchased. There really is no white/black/old/young/rich/poor, etc.] button on the machine. If one draws a box around some group of players (eg., state border, hair color, shoe size), then that group of players will win in proportion to their play. If the defined group buys 10% of the tickets, then they will win 10% of the prizes - on average and over a reasonable period of time. But that does NOT mean that you have a better chance of winning in a bigger box - you then just have more folks to play against. The Law of Large numbers explains how random expectations become truer as the number of occurrences increases. So, if players in a particular group buy 8.6754% of the tickets, then we will find, if the number of occurrences (prizes awarded) are large enough, that those players win 8.6754% of the prizes. This is definitely true for the low-tier prizes where there are large numbers of winners. With 12 to 15 jackpot winners in a year, we would expect that these percentages can get out of sync with sales from time to time, but as the number of jackpot winners continues to increase, we will find that the percentage numbers move closer and closer to being the same number. Try this experiment. Flip a coin four times. You might get 75% heads - or even 100%. You would not expect to get excited about that. With only ten flips, it can happen. But then flip it 1,000 times (no cheating). You will come much closer to the statistical expectation of 50% heads. If you hit 75% heads after 1,000 flips, then something is wrong. It really does NOT make any difference where you buy your ticket. It is you a against the draw machine.
WHICH HAS THE BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING: COMPUTER PICKS OR PLAYER PICKS?
About 70% to 80% of purchases are computer picks. About 70% to80% of winners are computer picks. Perhaps just one of those weird coincidences?
Do you remember when the Connecticut asset managers won the $254M powerball jackpot with $1 quick pick?
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Quote: Originally posted by Ronnie316 on Jun 4, 2012
Because the balls are NUMBERED, it is not a random event.
If half the balls were RED, and half the balls were BLUE, what would be the odds of getting all red or all blue?
Are odds the same for odd/even combinations, because half the balls are odd, and half the balls are even?
I will never waste my time analyzing lotteries games where anybody can win it with a single bet regardless of the jackpot amount. Ronnie just be a player to win the blip thing. I feel that you are wasting too much time analyzing these lotto games with no results.
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Quote: Originally posted by THRIFTY on Aug 2, 2012
I will never waste my time analyzing lotteries games where anybody can win it with a single bet regardless of the jackpot amount. Ronnie just be a player to win the blip thing. I feel that you are wasting too much time analyzing these lotto games with no results.
Thanks for the honest input THRIFTY, but I feel I'm positioning myself for a tax redistribution windfall. The people who are in charge of all things see me and will HIT ME WITH THE BEST SHOT. FIRE AWAY.