I'm curious about something that I think will take some programming skills to arrive at an answer. If I had the ability to write code, I'd do it myself, but I've never written a single line of code in my life.
First, let me forewarn that what I'm looking to get an answer to is not going help anybody win a big jackpot. "So why bother if it's not going help me win a jackpot?" is definitely a fair question. I cant say as I'd blame anybody with coding skills for passing on writing the code. My request definitely falls into the category of "That's interesting/nice, but who gives a hoot?"
Here goes anyway.
New York's 5/39 game, Take5, has had 53 sets of five numbers drawn twice over 7,715 drawings. For instance, this combo ===> 3 4 31 33 35 was first drawn on March 13, 2014 and it was drawn again one week later on March 20, 2014. California's Fantasy 5 has had 8,187 drawings and 64 times there has been a set of five numbers that had previously been drawn. There are other states that have seen this same thing happen with their 5/39 games too.
Here's what I want to know - has any one of the 53 duplicated sets drawn in NY ever been drawn elsewhere? If so, how many times has it happened? My guess is that it isn't many! I am willing to bet however that any given set of five winning numbers drawn in NY has also been drawn in some other state(s)
So curiosity is killing this cat. If you have the skills and way too much spare time on your hands, let me know. I'll supply the duplicated sets of numbers, you supply the code that compares the sets of five that reveals the answer. G5