Quote: Originally posted by Clipper on April 29, 2004
Picking the "magical number" is looking at the most recent game that played in anticipation of a Repeat Digit to go forward to the next game. Usually it is a 1 in 3 shot unless you are coming off a Doubles game which gives you a 50/50 shot at the "magical number".
The "redundant boxing" is simply shooting for the EXACT combination to play whereby you rule out the "magical number" from playing in any other position. This is not for "boxed" game playing.
There are considerations you can make to reduce those 100 exacts down the about 28 or 30 EXACTS and it doesnt matter what the other two digits are.
We're talking about a guaranteed win when one digit is correctly predicted.
There are only two kinds of three digit plays, Box and Straight. If "Exact" has meaning in Pick-3 I'd take it to mean Straight. It takes 271 numbers to cover all positions a specific digit can be in with the remaining nine digits in all their possible positions for a guaranteed Straight win when one correctly selects one digit. Here are the numbers to play if the zero is your chosen digit:
When your selected number is "0" Zero play . . .
A-A-A
0-0-0
A-A-B
0-0-1 0-0-2 0-0-3 0-0-4 0-0-5 0-0-6 0-0-7 0-0-8 0-0-9
A-B-A
0-1-0 0-2-0 0-3-0 0-4-0 0-5-0 0-6-0 0-7-0 0-8-0 0-9-0
B-A-A
1-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0 6-0-0 7-0-0 8-0-0 9-0-0
A-B-B
0-1-1 0-2-2 0-3-3 0-4-4 0-5-5 0-6-6 0-7-7 0-8-8 0-9-9
B-A-B
1-0-1 2-0-2 3-0-3 4-0-4 5-0-5 6-0-6 7-0-7 8-0-8 9-0-9
B-B-A
1-1-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 4-4-0 5-5-0 6-6-0 7-7-0 8-8-0 9-9-0
A-B-C
0-1-2 0-1-3 0-1-4 0-1-5 0-1-6 0-1-7 0-1-8 0-1-9
0-2-3 0-2-4 0-2-5 0-2-6 0-2-7 0-2-8 0-2-9
0-3-4 0-3-5 0-3-6 0-3-7 0-3-8 0-3-9
0-4-5 0-4-6 0-4-7 0-4-8 0-4-9
0-5-6 0-5-7 0-5-8 0-5-9
0-6-7 0-6-8 0-6-9
0-7-8 0-7-9
0-8-9
A-C-B
0-2-1 0-3-1 0-4-1 0-5-1 0-6-1 0-7-1 0-8-1 0-9-1
0-3-2 0-4-2 0-5-2 0-6-2 0-7-2 0-8-2 0-9-2
0-4-3 0-5-3 0-6-3 0-7-3 0-8-3 0-9-3
0-5-4 0-6-4 0-7-4 0-8-4 0-9-4
0-6-5 0-7-5 0-8-5 0-9-5
0-7-6 0-8-6 0-9-6
0-8-7 0-9-7
0-9-8
B-A-C
1-0-2 1-0-3 1-0-4 1-0-5 1-0-6 1-0-7 1-0-8 1-0-9
2-0-3 2-0-4 2-0-5 2-0-6 2-0-7 2-0-8 2-0-9
3-0-4 3-0-5 3-0-6 3-0-7 3-0-8 3-0-9
4-0-5 4-0-6 4-0-7 4-0-8 4-0-9
5-0-6 5-0-7 5-0-8 5-0-9
6-0-7 6-0-8 6-0-9
7-0-8 7-0-9
8-0-9
C-A-B
2-0-1 3-0-1 4-0-1 5-0-1 6-0-1 7-0-1 8-0-1 9-0-1
3-0-2 4-0-2 5-0-2 6-0-2 7-0-2 8-0-2 9-0-2
4-0-3 5-0-3 6-0-3 7-0-3 8-0-3 9-0-3
5-0-4 6-0-4 7-0-4 8-0-4 9-0-4
6-0-5 7-0-5 8-0-5 9-0-5
7-0-6 8-0-6 9-0-6
8-0-7 9-0-7
9-0-8
B-C-A
1-2-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 1-5-0 1-6-0 1-7-0 1-8-0 1-9-0
2-3-0 2-4-0 2-5-0 2-6-0 2-7-0 2-8-0 2-9-0
3-4-0 3-5-0 3-6-0 3-7-0 3-8-0 3-9-0
4-5-0 4-6-0 4-7-0 4-8-0 4-9-0
5-6-0 5-7-0 5-8-0 5-9-0
6-7-0 6-8-0 6-9-0
7-8-0 7-9-0
8-9-0
C-B-A
2-1-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 5-1-0 6-1-0 7-1-0 8-1-0 9-1-0
3-2-0 4-2-0 5-2-0 6-2-0 7-2-0 8-2-0 9-2-0
4-3-0 5-3-0 6-3-0 7-3-0 8-3-0 9-3-0
5-4-0 6-4-0 7-4-0 8-4-0 9-4-0
6-5-0 7-5-0 8-5-0 9-5-0
7-6-0 8-6-0 9-6-0
8-7-0 9-7-0
9-8-0
If there is a way to reduce these 271 lines to 100 without giving up the GUARANTEE of a STRAIGHT WIN I'd like to see it done. BobP