Number are always going to behave like mischievously misbehaved children. There's really no telling what they will do next. But an attentive Mother who delivers a keen eye over her child instinctively knows when their ready for a nap. If you watch your States game close enough you can very well get the instinct of a lurking mother. I'd like to think that all the predictors here are loving numbers and predicting from instinct after observation. Some of them do really well at too.
Personally, I color code, assign categories and play the averages. I had about 13 real money box hits last year. I think Pick 3 players are always going to lose more than they win. Just as I did last year. But I only play $10 a week on the Pick 3 Game. That is all I can afford to lose and still have fun playing. The house is always against you. Ponies and Sports are probably your best bets to play. But,
If I didn't love these dang numbers so much I probably wouldn't watch them unfold and try to predict their next appearance; and plus, the task of keeping track of the results keeps my brain in shape. Honestly, I stay away from the expensive straight wagers and stay focused on the 220 unique number combinations.
I watch, wait and wager.
I look at both the Midday and Evening Games against each other. This allows me to eliminate more numbers in the pool to play. And from observing what I've recorded month to month for the Ohio Pick 3 Game since 2011, here is what I know to be true of the Ohio pick 3 game:
- there will be more days each month in which a number that came out in the Midday Game will show up again in the Evening Game. I call it a SHARED DAY and highlight the number shared in yellow. In a no share, I color code BLUE. (see image below)
- In order to predict for the Midday game, the same goes for the Night Game over into the next days Midday draw (hence the bold boxes in my grid below) as this pattern happens half the times a month as well. I also know
- more than half the time each month a number from the same game in the previous draw will show up again in the next draw. I enter that number in RED to show it is the number REPEATING. I know,
- that there are 81 unique medium sum single combinations that are going to show up more than low or high sum combinations. And,
- I also know that there are on average 50 unique combinations every year that won't show up, and that
- some combinations will repeat up to 6 times a year, while others 5 times a year, and other 4 times a year, and so on and so on. For instance, the unique combinations 029 and 067 have both shown up twice in the Ohio game this January 2023 as of 18th. Last January 2022, the combinations 038, 147, 234 and 467, and 478 all showed up twice across both games in one months time.
In addition to color coding the draws accordingly, I also keep a count of the SUMS unfolding; i record counts of the Numbers by positions to see what is running hot and cold; and give each draw a count in one of 8 categories across the 2 scenarios of SHARED (YELLOW) and NO SHARED DAYS (BLUE).
By assigning each draw a category ---such as SHARED REPEAT SINGLE (SRS) and counting them as they go, I am able to see what's happening and bet on the flip. I can even workup all the combinations that will fall under each category and make a call on which to play based on best bet for my money.
Here is a count of the categories for Ohios' games in 2022
that said, ....
...and All this work, and I still get it wrong, but it also helps me to get it right. The best bets are when you think the day will flip to a NO SHARE NO REAP DAY where you can take out at least 3 numbers from your pool that showed in the Midday draw, and even more if you think there will be no repeating number from the game before. By labeling the each draw with a category it falls under, I can also use a combination filter to gather the combinations in their respective category and see which is the best to play for my betting dollar.
Not sure if this image below will translate well here, but this is what my overall recording looks like.