I wish I could tell you that it's something easy you could do by hand to come up with a number, but it's not true. There actually were two clues that 496 might be coming yesterday and I used a computer program to find them both. What I do involves looking at the whole history of the lottery, so first I had to obtain the history of the Louisiana draws. I already had up through June 2022, so I updated that. Then I ran the draw history through a computer program that is designed to find pairs of numbers that like to fall together. In this case, it turned out to be 496 which likes to fall 55 days after 564 in Louisiana. There's nothing magic about the workup, it's very straightforward. You can do it by hand, but it's too time consuming. I can do about fifteen numbers by hand in a day, and there are one thousand numbers to look at.
I call the above workup the "Sync" workup because it's looking for synchronized pairs of numbers. My program actually found a few candidates which had Sync workup hits, so I went looking for a clue to see if any of those Sync numbers would be more interesting than the others. It turned out that another test I do also pointed at 496. This was the test for any most recent numbers which would be a sync. Ideally, I would like for the most-recent number pair to also be the Sync pairing I'm looking for, but that wasn't the case here. All I found was one pairing with 522 which also pointed to 496 falling yesterday. That's why I picked 496.
Easy Peasy, right? But here's the rest of the story. Over many years, I've received requests for help (In your case, I just stumbled on it randomly) and often I've been able to find a hit on the first try. But, the bad news is, when I try a second time, it never pans out. It's sort of a funny kind of beginner's luck. It's happened so many times over the years that I've lost count. I wish I could do more for you, but I already know what will happen. I have no explanation, it's just one of those things...
Anyway, here are the two charts I talked about above rolled into one so you can see what my computer program found. The first column is the current numbers, the second is the most-recent instance of 496 which happened to align perfectly with 522. And the third and fourth columns are are two instances of 496 pairing with 564 at 55 days.
11/03/2023,564 | 01/31/2023,158 | 11/21/2002,564 | 03/11/1995,564 -
11/04/2023,529 | 02/01/2023,265 | 11/22/2002,753 | 03/12/1995,846
11/05/2023,990 | 02/02/2023,562 | 11/23/2002,793 | 03/13/1995,831
11/06/2023,594 | 02/03/2023,188 | 11/24/2002,463 | 03/14/1995,250
11/07/2023,270 | 02/04/2023,303 | 11/25/2002,024 | 03/15/1995,584
11/08/2023,427 | 02/05/2023,178 | 11/26/2002,685 | 03/16/1995,679
11/09/2023,522 | 02/06/2023,522 | 11/27/2002,239 | 03/17/1995,848 -
11/10/2023,612 | 02/07/2023,870 | 11/28/2002,573 | 03/18/1995,647
11/11/2023,445 | 02/08/2023,880 | 11/29/2002,247 | 03/19/1995,875
11/12/2023,901 | 02/09/2023,731 | 11/30/2002,189 | 03/20/1995,310
11/13/2023,397 | 02/10/2023,264 | 12/01/2002,886 | 03/21/1995,019
11/14/2023,481 | 02/11/2023,196 | 12/02/2002,041 | 03/22/1995,961
11/15/2023,972 | 02/12/2023,919 | 12/03/2002,337 | 03/23/1995,714
11/16/2023,035 | 02/13/2023,767 | 12/04/2002,767 | 03/24/1995,481
11/17/2023,109 | 02/14/2023,402 | 12/05/2002,454 | 03/25/1995,755
11/18/2023,877 | 02/15/2023,812 | 12/06/2002,799 | 03/26/1995,874
11/19/2023,651 | 02/16/2023,357 | 12/07/2002,735 | 03/27/1995,261
11/20/2023,087 | 02/17/2023,917 | 12/08/2002,481 | 03/28/1995,198
11/21/2023,987 | 02/18/2023,077 | 12/09/2002,086 | 03/29/1995,053
11/22/2023,795 | 02/19/2023,059 | 12/10/2002,968 | 03/30/1995,364
11/23/2023,798 | 02/20/2023,027 | 12/11/2002,983 | 03/31/1995,286
11/24/2023,391 | 02/21/2023,521 | 12/12/2002,217 | 04/01/1995,135
11/25/2023,126 | 02/22/2023,707 | 12/13/2002,845 | 04/02/1995,342
11/26/2023,571 | 02/23/2023,979 | 12/14/2002,612 | 04/03/1995,429
11/27/2023,536 | 02/24/2023,581 | 12/15/2002,235 | 04/04/1995,206
11/28/2023,155 | 02/25/2023,148 | 12/16/2002,606 | 04/05/1995,286
11/29/2023,214 | 02/26/2023,145 | 12/17/2002,676 | 04/06/1995,332
11/30/2023,107 | 02/27/2023,391 | 12/18/2002,981 | 04/07/1995,493
12/01/2023,270 | 02/28/2023,285 | 12/19/2002,738 | 04/08/1995,704
12/02/2023,760 | 03/01/2023,856 | 12/20/2002,060 | 04/09/1995,614
12/03/2023,421 | 03/02/2023,630 | 12/21/2002,873 | 04/10/1995,822
12/04/2023,665 | 03/03/2023,429 | 12/22/2002,300 | 04/11/1995,903
12/05/2023,961 | 03/04/2023,737 | 12/23/2002,854 | 04/12/1995,666
12/06/2023,629 | 03/05/2023,671 | 12/24/2002,847 | 04/13/1995,410
12/07/2023,621 | 03/06/2023,182 | 12/26/2002,770 | 04/14/1995,508
12/08/2023,570 | 03/07/2023,417 | 12/27/2002,977 | 04/15/1995,040
12/09/2023,195 | 03/08/2023,690 | 12/28/2002,342 | 04/17/1995,201
12/10/2023,410 | 03/09/2023,573 | 12/29/2002,458 | 04/18/1995,641
12/11/2023,909 | 03/10/2023,940 | 12/30/2002,428 | 04/19/1995,392
12/12/2023,806 | 03/11/2023,428 | 12/31/2002,958 | 04/20/1995,729
12/13/2023,680 | 03/12/2023,708 | 01/01/2003,276 | 04/21/1995,960
12/14/2023,856 | 03/13/2023,551 | 01/02/2003,445 | 04/22/1995,992
12/15/2023,863 | 03/14/2023,465 | 01/03/2003,821 | 04/23/1995,226
12/16/2023,899 | 03/15/2023,283 | 01/04/2003,158 | 04/24/1995,145
12/17/2023,249 | 03/16/2023,255 | 01/05/2003,219 | 04/25/1995,536
12/18/2023,781 | 03/17/2023,044 | 01/06/2003,110 | 04/26/1995,955
12/19/2023,580 | 03/18/2023,247 | 01/07/2003,983 | 04/27/1995,452
12/20/2023,771 | 03/19/2023,238 | 01/08/2003,974 | 04/28/1995,131
12/21/2023,363 | 03/20/2023,800 | 01/09/2003,352 | 04/29/1995,758
12/22/2023,213 | 03/21/2023,659 | 01/10/2003,555 | 04/30/1995,069
12/23/2023,374 | 03/22/2023,409 | 01/11/2003,042 | 05/01/1995,147
12/24/2023,975 | 03/23/2023,481 | 01/12/2003,773 | 05/02/1995,965
12/26/2023,756 | 03/24/2023,414 | 01/13/2003,073 | 05/03/1995,891
12/27/2023,455 | 03/25/2023,169 | 01/14/2003,176 | 05/04/1995,894
12/28/2023,754 | 03/26/2023,462 | 01/15/2003,760 | 05/05/1995,066
12/29/2023,496 | 03/27/2023,496 | 01/16/2003,496 | 05/06/1995,496 -