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cps10

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Mar 13, 2014, 10:15 am

Good morning!

I am trying to figure something out, and normally, I am very good at math, but needed to see if there was anybody out there that could help me out with a combinations question:

You are playing a 5/39 Pick-5 lottery. You have divided up your numbers into 3 batches of 13, in which you are taking 2 numbers from the first batch of 13, one number from the 2nd batch of 13 and 2 numbers from the 3rd batch of 13. How many total combinations would there be? I am thinking that there are 79,092 combinations, but I could be wrong. Could someone please verify? Thank you!

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Mar 13, 2014, 11:05 am

79,092 is what I get. 78 combinations of 2 in your set of 13, so 78*13*78=79,092.

I got the answer 78 from excel =COMBIN(13,2)

79,092 sounds a lot better than 575,757 !
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Mar 13, 2014, 11:10 am

Quote: Originally posted by Tialuvslotto on Mar 13, 2014
79,092 is what I get. 78 combinations of 2 in your set of 13, so 78*13*78=79,092.

I got the answer 78 from excel =COMBIN(13,2)

79,092 sounds a lot better than 575,757 !

Thanks Tia! Yes, it does. I need to try and pare that down just a little bit more. I have some experimentation to do, but I might be onto something that could win these Pick-5's a little more often. I am seeing a trend that is hitting about 7 or 8 times a month in a lot of states, but 79k+ is too large to realistically play and even if you could, not profitable enough. I'm getting there though. In about a week's time, I should have a good handle on it.

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Mar 13, 2014, 11:30 am

Try all odd numbers.... Play no evens. Then what would odds be
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Mar 13, 2014, 2:34 pm

I think I am going to be working on a width-type project among the number sets. The one set with just 1 number will be included in all. Its the other 4 that I will need to manipulate based on previous results.

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Mar 13, 2014, 4:19 pm

Quote: Originally posted by cps10 on Mar 13, 2014
I think I am going to be working on a width-type project among the number sets. The one set with just 1 number will be included in all. Its the other 4 that I will need to manipulate based on previous results.

If you are successful then that might be an excellent system for playing Ohio's Rolling Cash5(5/39) which is played every day, starts at $100K and often goes to $500K+ before being won.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Mar 15, 2014, 7:32 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Ilovecash3 on Mar 13, 2014
Try all odd numbers.... Play no evens. Then what would odds be

Out of 3312 drawings of Ohio's Rolling Cash5(5/39) only 95 of the drawings had all odd numbers and only 56 had all even numbers.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Mar 16, 2014, 1:00 pm

Remember to always play a 1! That is the single most winning number for all jackpot games throughout history. Might help you cut out some combinations?

1 and 2 together are also the hottest.
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Mar 17, 2014, 9:40 am

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Mar 13, 2014
If you are successful then that might be an excellent system for playing Ohio's Rolling Cash5(5/39) which is played every day, starts at $100K and often goes to $500K+ before being won.

The North Carolina 5/39 game is very similar. I would love to have it hit around $500k based on trends I am looking at now!

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Mar 17, 2014, 9:40 am

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Mar 15, 2014
Out of 3312 drawings of Ohio's Rolling Cash5(5/39) only 95 of the drawings had all odd numbers and only 56 had all even numbers.

That is very rare here too. I am working on widths that might be able to shake the numbers down a little bit. And looking at frequency analysis that will help as well.

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Mar 17, 2014, 9:41 am

Quote: Originally posted by lottolaughs on Mar 16, 2014
Remember to always play a 1! That is the single most winning number for all jackpot games throughout history. Might help you cut out some combinations?

1 and 2 together are also the hottest.

I have seen a lot of 1s and 2s as well. I am doing some frequency analysis as well that might help out in the long run.

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Mar 17, 2014, 1:29 pm

Tried to send a PM to you but your inbox is full.

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Mar 17, 2014, 9:10 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Ilovecash3 on Mar 13, 2014
Try all odd numbers.... Play no evens. Then what would odds be

15,504
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Mar 17, 2014, 9:13 pm

Quote: Originally posted by cps10 on Mar 13, 2014
Good morning!

I am trying to figure something out, and normally, I am very good at math, but needed to see if there was anybody out there that could help me out with a combinations question:

You are playing a 5/39 Pick-5 lottery. You have divided up your numbers into 3 batches of 13, in which you are taking 2 numbers from the first batch of 13, one number from the 2nd batch of 13 and 2 numbers from the 3rd batch of 13. How many total combinations would there be? I am thinking that there are 79,092 combinations, but I could be wrong. Could someone please verify? Thank you!

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66,924... got that from Lotwin
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Mar 20, 2014, 6:54 am

Quote: Originally posted by lottolaughs on Mar 16, 2014
Remember to always play a 1! That is the single most winning number for all jackpot games throughout history. Might help you cut out some combinations?

1 and 2 together are also the hottest.

1 and 2 have hit together 34 times in 3317 Ohio's Rolling Cash5(5/39) drawings, but 11 and 27 have hit together 63 times in the same drawings.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *

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