can numbers go cold?

Reply #15

Stack47 — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:09:09 GMT

Had somebody decided that it must come out after they noticed it was cold for 5000 draws, they would be out quite a bit of money. Saturday evening was only the third time I played 023 so I'm not out very much either. I'll try it again on the Midday draw, but I'll get a $3 wheel too.

Reply #14

Thoth — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:42:51 GMT

....and the two digit return hit, but unfortunately no 023. Grr...out a few more more bucks lol. 179 is almost out 8,000. been playin that one off and on too.

Reply #13

Stack47 — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:42:25 GMT

63.4% is much better than even money but the lotteries only pay back 50 cents for every buck we bet so we would need the probability of any front pair being drawn within the next 50 games. At best only half the front pairs could be drawn.

Had I read that before the Midday draw, I would have put a couple bucks on 023 too because of the streak. 332 hit and the streak continues so I got five $1 straight tickets on the 023 and a $2 box for the Evening draw.

Reply #12

Thoth — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:30:25 GMT

Well the odds are 1 in 100 every draw but there is about a 63.4% probability that it will be drawn within the next 100 games.

I wouldn't play it every draw either, but if you see any of the other 5 combinations of a 2 and 6 drawn, I would play the 26X with hopes of a 2-digit return occurring and producing it for a win...especially if a one of those other 5 combinations is drawn less than 5 games after a different 2-digit return (50% of all 2-digit returns occur within 5 games of a previous... [ More ]

Reply #11

Stack47 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:42:45 GMT

I was looking at the Kansas Pick 3 results from the beginning of the year and it looks like somebody put the middle digit 6 into their pocket. It never came out in January, twice in February and so far hasn't come out in March. The first digit 2 has done a little better coming out 5 times in 67 draws.

In the previous 1000 draws the front pair 26 came out 14 times and if we didn't know about the current streak and compared it to the front pair 10 that came out 8 times in the same 2071 draws,... [ More ]

Reply #10

Thoth — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:03:05 GMT

Stack47...

That pair 26X being out 1071 is going to hit soon. Ive tested max-outs for the pairs in alot of different states and that is just about as far as they like to go. No way will it go farther than a hundred more games.

Reply #9

Stack47 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:45:13 GMT

Thoth and Floyd did a nice job of explaining whats up with that? and according to Thoth's statistics, even after two years about 500 numbers should be just as due as those 3.

Badger pointed out the front pair 26 hasn't been drawn in Kansas in 1071 drawings so anybody playing 260 - 269 was out of luck. It sure does look like the front pair 26 is due but if it hits 5 times in the next 100 draws at least 5 of those numbers will still be on the due to hit list.

Didn't the wise-guys book... [ More ]

Reply #8

KY Floyd — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:49:35 GMT

Missing is definitely subjective. The probability of any given number not coming up in one draw of pick 3 is .999. The probability of not coming up in either of two draws is .999 X .999. The probability of not coming up in 2000 draws is .999 ^ 2000, which is .135. If there's a 13.5% chance that a number won't come up, how could you call it missing? As Thoth's chart shows, the flip side to a 13.% chance of any given number not being drawn in 2000 tries is that in 2000 drawing we should exp... [ More ]

Reply #7

lottolaughs — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:25:38 GMT

I like your statistics here,Thoth. In Calif. we've had just over 7,000 drawings and only 1 number has never appeared as a straight, 164. Seems pretty accurate to me.

Reply #6

Thoth — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:40:04 GMT

I've done extensive research into more than a dozen states Pick 3 histories. Many of the states I examined have draw histories of 8,000 to well over 10,000 draws.

Heres what I can tell you about long out numbers that have either never hit or havent hit for years: There are certain amounts of numbers that shouldnt hit within a measured number of games. In 1,000 pick 3 games, many people expect about all 1,000 numbers to be drawn. This isnt how it works...actually, only about 632 of the num... [ More ]

Reply #5

pacattack05 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:17:45 GMT

NO!

They never get cold...

The number 3 will be good forever and ever....LOL

Reply #4

Stack47 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:51:00 GMT

Has there been 1000 draws since those numbers hit? I'm not even sure if being absent for 2000 draws would qualify them to be put on the missing numbers list.

Some states have numbers that haven't hit in over 10 years.

Reply #3

Badger — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:24:27 GMT

Yes, numbers can go very cold. And there's no way of telling when they will fall.

In KS Pick 3 for example, the 26 front pair hasn't been drawn straight in 1, 071 drawings.

So there's no way of telling if it would be wise to play your three combinations. If they hit soon, then it will be considered wise. If they are out another 500 draws, it would be considered not wise.

In the end, it's all a crapshoot. You just have to make a good guess and be right on the day it hits.... [ More ]

Reply #2

pacattack05 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:20:45 GMT

would it be wise to play these numbers?

You would have to define the parameters of what the word WISE represents.

Then we can procede...LOL

Reply #1

pacattack05 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:16:50 GMT

It's funny you say this, but with a slight augmentation,,,,

023

can numbers go cold?

island gal — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:49:39 GMT

123 139 839 have you noticed that these havent fallen in the florida cash 3 since 2005? whats up with that? would it be wise to play these numbers