Hi justfocus
I like your approach and intention, if i told you my story you will probably think i am crazy and yes i have spent 5 years (everyday) trying to understand the logic behind lottery. Just recently (14.08.17) i finished my project which i started on 14.08.12 with a self made interactive desktop Application which works pretty well. However, my project was mainly based on euro-millions which is a 50 number system played across europe but also simplified the local 42 number system.
The idea behind the project was to understand why lotto numbers are drawn in the manner they are as well as why they repeat which in itself is easy to understand however, while at it i discovered a few things about the game including the technique used which in my opinion isn't mathematical at all. I certainly wasn't intending to tell this to anyone but you guys deserve this.
We all know that some lotto companies use different machines and ball sets but if you disregard the number of machines and ball sets and base everything on a single machine, you will realize that lotto is an alternating game which means, lotto numbers are played between two sides where they are being moved from one side to the other often forcing the machine to play numbers found on a particular side often resulting in repeating numbers. However, repeating numbers appear to be influenced by several factors which i am not going to talk about here.
This alternating doesn't require two machines as it can be done on a single machine however, there are several "would be" hidden features which could make is for you to understand the technique.
For those of you playing a 42 or 50 numbers systems, you can try the following,
- Get a copy of a blank lottery slip and cut out the rest of the columns and leave only two (2).
- Get 4 different coloured pens
- Find the last 4 draws of the lottery system you are targeting
- Cross the oldest of the 4 draw numbers (smallest to biggest) on the left column of your lottery slip using a unique colour
- Cross the third (draw 3) to the column on the right using a different colour
NB: While doing this, take note if any of the numbers were repeated on the right column.
6. Cross the second last draw on the left column using a different colour and again, look if any of the numbers from either the left or right column were repeated.
7. Cross the newest draw on the right column using the remaining colour and see if any numbers are repeated.
If you have a little time in your hands, do the same thing over again but this time starting with the biggest number and ending with the smallest number of each draw. This will give you a rough idea why each number is / was played.
This is one simplest way to understand part of the logic behind lotto, from here you can work out if there is any math to it or not.
Again, there is a tone of things i can talk about here but meanwhile give it a shot and let me if you think this makes senses, i would appreciate your feedback.
So, go get em'
