Alrighty then...I've said it before and I'll say it again and again again...WHY OH WHY aren't you starting EVERY ONE of your tickets out with NUMBER 1?
It's the Number 1 drawn number!
Let's look at Pick 5 as a Pick 3 game.
Here are the "endings".
012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 034 035 036 037 038 039 045 046 047 048 049 056 057 058 059 067 068 069 078 079 089
123 124 125 126 127 128 129 134 135 136 137 138 139 145 146 147 148 149 156 157 158 159 167 168 169 178 179 189
234 235 236 237 238 239 245 246 247 248 249 256 257 258 259 267 268 269 278 279 289
345 346 347 348 349 356 357 358 359 367 368 369 378 379 389
456 457 458 459 467 468 469 478 479 489
567 568 569 578 579 589
678 679 689
789
I'm going to start making off the "endings" on the chart. For the first one, I'll mark off 367, 368, 378, and 678.
The next one I'll mark off just 235 since 2 is a double. etc. until I come to the longest ones out.
After going back to April 2012 these are the ones I ended up with.
023 024 046 134 168 178 348
023= 10 20 30 02 12 22 32 03 13 23 33
024=10 20 30 02 12 22 32 04 14 24 34
046=10 20 30 04 14 24 34 06 16 26 36
134=11 21 31 03 13 23 33 04 14 24 34
168=11 21 31 06 16 26 36 08 18 28 38
178=11 21 31 07 17 27 37 08 18 28 38
348=03 13 23 33 04 14 24 34 08 18 28 38
So at the very least we are looking at 3 numbers to show from some of these strings with number 1. Let's see what happens.