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  Rotate longer before the numbers are revealed? I realize that the collision between the balls makes it pretty * random , but a longer spin would satisfy my curiosity- Your thoughts? Suffucient rotation or not? 

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 14, 2015

  Rotate longer before the numbers are revealed? I realize that the collision between the balls makes it pretty * random , but a longer spin would satisfy my curiosity- Your thoughts? Suffucient rotation or not? 

  ** Have a Great Weekend People,  and above all else: Stay Healthy!

  Back in the day when they use three machines, there was a slight delay and it was almost like "sweating out" the third digit.
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   The Lottery folks like Sam Arlen have to work in a certain time frame and limit. Due to televised air time.  But, I do agree that the balls should be rotated longer.

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  Quote: Originally posted by noise-gate on May 14, 2015

  Rotate longer before the numbers are revealed? I realize that the collision between the balls makes it pretty * random , but a longer spin would satisfy my curiosity- Your thoughts? Suffucient rotation or not? 

  ** Have a Great Weekend People,  and above all else: Stay Healthy!

   I  want to see them rotate longer.
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  Aside from the limited timeframe they have to hold the draw, there is also a limit of when mixing the balls together longer has no improvement on the randomness of the draw. In other words, once the balls are mixed a certain amount of time and in a certain way (as prescribed by the machine's design), then mixing them longer is actually a waste of time and ball/machine life.

  If the chances of winning the jackpot are so slim, why play when the jackpot is so small? Your chances never change, but the potential payoff does.
  If a crystal ball showed you the future of the rest of your life, and in that future you will never win a jackpot, would you still play?

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  I've watched some of the Québec Lottery's 3-ball/4-ball drawings. The whole thing is automated. No one is in the room when the drawing is taking place. The balls bounce up and down in the machine for about twenty seconds before all the numbers are pulled simultaneously. 

  Then you have the Mongolian national lottery. The balls are allowed to bounce around for about ten seconds before the first number is pulled, and it is 10-20 seconds between the pulling of the balls. There are three games - 4D (basically three Pick-4 drawings), 6D (like Ohio's Kicker), and a 6/42 game. The drawing show takes ten minutes, though.

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  I think Mr. Moose should be allowed to drop those ping pong balls on Captain Kangeroo.

  
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  I think Mr. Moose should be allowed to drop those ping pong balls on Captain Kangeroo.

   someone ought to drop a ton of ping pong balls on you

  
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  i  backed tracked 9 weeks of  pick 3 n.j  eve and  midday combined     53% of the time 2 odd 1  even  came out    47% 2 even 1 odd    22%  3 odd or  3 even came out so  its good  to   track odd  even  even  odd during the  week   watch your  cold   and  hot  numbers...if  a  hot  number  did  not  double recently it  will   and  also back track the  cold  number    doubles  how  long  it  did not  show,  now  u  have  a  slight  edge to beat  the  machine  the  hottest  digits  in  the  last 9  weeks  in  jersey is  273    which  came out  today may  25      the  3  coldest are  8    6     9      so  i  mix  the  them  up  2  odd 1 even   2  even 1  odd  try  this  method  it  works ,  good  luck
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   someone ought to drop a ton of ping pong balls on you

  Your brilliance is blinding.

  
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  Feline hyperesthesia on MEMORIAL DAY?. Puleeeze, banish the thought. 

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