Sometimes I wonder if we're not tuned into the same universal consciousness.
I was asking if it were necessary to run every single string of 10 numbers from 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 to 26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35.
Looking at the data there has only been 10 sets that contain 4 single digits and and none being 4 consecutive. The closest being 2,3,5,6. On the other extreme there has only been 13 sets drawn starting with 20 or more, none higher than 25,31,32,34,35.
Four consecutive numbers do hit. But in 1247 draws it has happened 2 times, about once every 603 draws.
10 sets of four single digits in 1247 draws means about 1 in 124.7 draws.
13 sets of numbers 20 (but none at 26) or above hitting is one every 96 draws.
I came to the conclusion if random is the norm, then random is the pattern. As such there is no reason to test every orderly set of numbers.
To test that idea I looked at the 606,000 sets and found that only 96,000 (1 in roughly 6) had produced at least 1 jackpot.
For what its worth, it would seem then that the coin flip experiment is an attempted simple solution to a complex problem. It offers a head/tail, 1/2, yes/no, this/that answer to a problem that has more than two possible answers. You still have the head/tail, 1/2, yes/no, this/that but with the additional likely, possible, probable, could be, should be, might be, maybe and 30-odd random answers.
So if random is our norm, if random is our pattern, then it makes little sense to test orderly sets that more often than not produce 0 results.
We are so conditioned from early age to seeing things as neat and orderly, that when are introduced to something disorderly and messy, we still insist there is rhyme and reason in it!
And within a certain degree we can have the rhyme and reason we want, but it likely will always be a smaller percentage than we want and will cost a lot more than we wish to spend.
And maybe the only way we'll ever get that close is continually searching through data, finding new ways to look at it, and testing new ideas.
Then again, I could be wrong. Maybe this afternoon, or tomorrow, someone will pop in and tell us how to solve the lottery in one sentence, bring world peace, unlimited wealth to all mankind, and take us to visit Vulcan!
I feel your pain buddy!
Keep up the faith!
G