Nice to see this analysis. Took some time for me to go over each one of them.
MM has beautiful symmetry with no balance off... H/L;E/O;group splits,etc.,
Mega Millions : Main balls : 5/70
consecutive sets analysis:
01-02-03-04-05
02-03-04-05-06
03-04-05-06-07
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64-65-66-67-68
65-66-67-68-69
66-67-68-69-70
66 combinations removal from 12,607,306 = 0.00052350597% removal.
Last digits appearance count 0-9 digits possible count 0-5: this was grabbed by running 12M+ full sets :
DIGITS SAME COUNT WB LAST DIGITS
DIGIT 0
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 1
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 2
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 3
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 4
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 5
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 6
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 7
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 8
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
DIGIT 9
COUNT : 0 IN COMBINATIONS : 7028847
COUNT : 1 IN COMBINATIONS : 4169655
COUNT : 2 IN COMBINATIONS : 833931
COUNT : 3 IN COMBINATIONS : 68355
COUNT : 4 IN COMBINATIONS : 2205
COUNT : 5 IN COMBINATIONS : 21
same 5 last digits :
max wheel :
10,20,30,40,50,60,70
1,11,21,31,41,51,61
....
9,19,29,39,49,59,69
0-9 : 10 sets of 7 number wheels 7 choose 5. => 10*21 = 210 combinations removal from 12,607,306 = 0.00166570082% removal.
Taking 4 main balls with same 4 digits + one main ball number with some other digit....
10 sets of 7 choose 4 *(70 all - 7 any with same digit already chosen) => 7C4 * 63 * 10 = 35*63 * 10 = 22050 sets. So had someone played these 22050 sets on all draws they could have grabbed one win => 22050 sets * 2 draws per week * 52 weeks * 4 yrs
22050 * 2 * 52 * 4 = 9172800$ to win 1,000,000$; post taxes still huge loss.
If it falls within the first year.
22050 * 2 * 52 * 1 = 2293200$ to win 1,000,000$; post taxes still huge loss.
If it falls within the first 6 months.
22050 * 2 * 26 * 1 = 1146600$ to win 1,000,000$; post taxes still huge loss.
If it falls within the first 2 months.
22050 * 2 * 4 * 1 = 176400$ to win 1,000,000$; post taxes huge win => 430k post taxes in Iowa 430k-176k = 254k profit;
so targeting few weeks to 2 months can get a big time pay(risky and even might not happen)
If there are multiple games to play in a state and if someone notices this hasn't happened in one of the large games, they can bet(possibly add some good filters) - pools can take this risk.
Note : I am not asking to chase it; Lesser the combinations We chase/lock and play, the chance to get 5/5 in every game is out and would resemble people waiting with luck numbers.
The day you track and catch that 3 matching last digits, if you were able to track and hold that for some time(keep that filter open include it for few days)
what happens is that, you end up dealing with :
10 sets of * 7 choose 3 * (70-7) choose 2 = 10* 7C3 * 63C2 = 10 * 35 * 1953 = 683,550 combination.
Beyond 3 same digits check, 2 numbers count can overlap(combinatorial counting and product will differ). So I am stopping with 3 and 4 same digits calculations.The combinations could go slightly lesser based on some numbers can't appear in few positions.
Gary, Don't miss that 5 unmatched last digit; It should be in line - hold that filter open for few drawings. It will come when you don't expect or stop playing it.
Thanks & Good Luck