I keep coming back to this workup because it keeps going back to the numbers from 1996. 1996? SRSLY? Yeah, I know it's weird, but there it is - 1996. Here is the latest chart with the straight hits marked up in bright aqua and the boxed hits marked up in light aqua. EDIT: I was trying to get this posted before today's draw, but family duty came first. As it turned out, the 524 was just waiting to fall. Dang...
Max Correlation Map
03/23/2024,785,275 | 02/23/1996,785,329
03/24/2024,111,539 | 02/24/1996,894,149
03/25/2024,372,866 | 02/26/1996,562,072
03/26/2024,646,488 | 02/27/1996,524,052
03/27/2024,904,388 | 02/28/1996,751,632
03/28/2024,073,383 | 02/29/1996,356,557
03/29/2024,798,982 | 03/01/1996,991,632
03/30/2024,219,075 | 03/02/1996,329,201
03/31/2024,894,976 | 03/04/1996,405,576
04/01/2024,575,751 | 03/05/1996,717,167
04/02/2024,249,896 | 03/06/1996,764,311
04/03/2024,938,784 | 03/07/1996,636,604
04/04/2024,527,205 | 03/08/1996,945,414
04/05/2024,045,490 | 03/09/1996,062,904
04/06/2024,808,174 | 03/11/1996,320,653
04/07/2024,033,400 | 03/12/1996,596,384
04/08/2024,775,565 | 03/13/1996,366,644
04/09/2024,729,432 | 03/14/1996,363,764
04/10/2024,150,418 | 03/15/1996,102,399
04/11/2024,878,796 | 03/16/1996,488,371
04/12/2024,263,797 | 03/18/1996,027,780
04/13/2024,370,995 | 03/19/1996,289,525
04/14/2024,187,887 | 03/20/1996,576,887
04/15/2024,116,592 | 03/21/1996,558,696
04/16/2024,111,471 | 03/22/1996,158,575
04/17/2024,414,543 | 03/23/1996,003,623
04/18/2024,245,465 | 03/25/1996,684,940
04/19/2024,627,466 | 03/26/1996,745,646
04/20/2024,654,329 | 03/27/1996,132,032
04/21/2024,391,873 | 03/28/1996,271,927
04/22/2024,929,037 | 03/29/1996,686,976
04/23/2024,524,??? | 03/30/1996,265,481
So, is this a winning strategy? First, let's answer the question, Is this a losing strategy? The shocking answer is No, this is Not a Losing strategy. But, Is this a Winning strategy? Was it possible to make money with this strategy, given the numbers that actually fell? The shocking answer to that question is, Yes, just barely. By my (unverified) calculations you would have won $4240 against a total cost of $4096, a whopping profit of $144. Unfortunately, you would have to choose exactly the right frame of numbers to play and there's no way to know that exactly except to follow this stuff like I do every day and then jump in at precisely the right moment, in this case because you suspect that the the 1996 numbers are the truth. And then be ready (and have enough money) to follow through to the bitter end. Just this once, it would have paid off with a very small profit. That's not enough meat on the bone for gamblers to get excited about, but I think it's incredible that it would be possible to blindly follow this strategy and beat the odds in a game where the House helps itself to 2 to 1 odds. That's what makes this interesting to me.
Thanks for reading!
P.S. One more thing and I promise I will shut up. In the past, when I've found one of these workups that actually would break even (or come close to breaking even), it's always involved a hit on a trip (or two). Not so in this instance. There were more 3-way numbers than I expected, and that's what drove the (tiny) profit, but no trips.