Optimum # of Previous Draws... ??

Reply #12

hypersoniq — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:54:08 GMT

so far it looks like the following #of previous draws works better than others (tried from 2 thru 26) [in sorted order]....White ball 1 = 12 drawsWhite ball 2 = 11 drawsWhite ball 3 = 5 drawsWhite ball 4 = 10 drawsWhite ball 5 = 10 drawsPower Ball = 6 drawsApplying an error correction constant of (3-2-12-2-3---2)in 74 draws, it catches 40 of 444 drawn numbers an $24 in lower tier prizes... still would have cost $50 more than it returned, but I think I'm on the right track

Reply #11

hypersoniq — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:03:28 GMT

played 14 lines this week (with power play)... had quite a few 1 or 2 numbers... matched the Powerball on 2 (cost $28 .... winnings (with power play)... $30 it was a good week

Reply #10

RJOh — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 02:44:02 GMT

To Kristin,The answer is NO, but I did get luckly last year and match 5 of 6 in OhioSuperLoto. That RNG is a program that I wroted using GWBasic, I just can't get into Visual Basic because I already know GWBasic. Every time someone mention an idea, if I like it, I add a routine to search the file for that information. I added that routine about 3 weeks ago, so I haven't had a chance to use it much. I have routines that get me a total of the different sums, ranges, gaps, matches(1-4), numbers i... [ More ]

Reply #9

Kristin — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 02:03:08 GMT

RJOH, have you ever won anything by doing all that? What program did you use or is it just paper

Reply #8

visiondude — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 01:28:09 GMT

man you guys are good at math.

Reply #7

RJOh — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 00:40:34 GMT

To Hypersonig,This data below in from my RGN which analize the file to help me pick parameters for picking my numbers, it shows the distributions of the numbers of previous draws that contained all five of the numbers. FILE:POWRBALL 73 rec. ave.gap 10 8 8 9 COVERAGE= 100% PREVIOUS DRAWS THAT CONTAINED 5 NUMBERS OF THE 5 DURING THE 73 DRAWS 1 = 0 13 = 2 25 = 4 37 = 0 49 = 0 9 2 = 0 14 = 2 26 = 1 38 = 1 50 = 0 22... [ More ]

Reply #6

RJOh — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 00:26:52 GMT

Look at it this way T.C.,Nobody can afford to empty the whole pool, so why try? The MUSL is only going to take one drop out of the pool, the player just have to come close or match that drop. With over 120M drops, you going to have to be lucky to come close no matter how many drops you select, but there is hope because there are more than 1.7M drops that are close enough to pay back 3x or more the cost of one drop.RJOh

Reply #5

visiondude — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:57:28 GMT

FYI: thomas covenant is NOT a paid card carrying member of visiondude quick pick international.he has a mind of his own (lol).VDQPLS

Reply #4

Thomas Covenant — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:15:39 GMT

Let's compare the number of possible powerball combinations to a swimming pool. Take one drop of water out of the pool. That's your one ticket. Now take two drops of water out. You have now doubled the amount of water you have. Take 100 drops of water out. You now have 100 times the amount of water.WOW! But now compare it to the amount of water still in the pool. Doesn't seem like you have much water now. Same with the tickets. Save your money, just buy one per drawing.

Reply #3

hypersoniq — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:30:34 GMT

Thanks, I'll have to check into that... For tonight's P-Ball drawing, I adjusted from last73 to last10. I'm trying to work towards a more accurate guess (right now I pick 2 lines for the next draw, would like to get it down to 1). I'm tired of wasting money on a handful of losing tickets. I am fine tuning my Excel spreadsheet the rest of this month so I can take my own Powerball Challenge ...For the month of July, I'm only going to buy 2 tickets (one line each) for each powerball drawing... One... [ More ]

Reply #2

RJOh — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 03:40:20 GMT

You don't need any fancy math for the answer to your questions. You can count the past drawings and you will see for the last 73 drawings(since Powerball changed) all five numbers in the core combinations had appeared in the previous 6-47 drawings with most of them between 12-31. It really depends on the amount of numbers you wish to put in the mix.RJOh

Reply #1

CASH Only — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:37:34 GMT

H:I used to deliver a weekly lottery magazine to stores; unfortunately, the company went out of business 18 months ago. Personally, I don't track the numbers.As for cash V annuity if you're playing a MUSL game you don't have to worry about what to choose, unless you hit PB, or Hot Lotto . (If you play Stupid-6, of course, you still have to choose when you play; one reason Super-6 has to go.

Optimum # of Previous Draws... ??

hypersoniq — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:11:57 GMT

There are almost as many theories on how many past draws to utilize as there are forums on the 'net... my question is this (2 part)...How many past draws should you use for the MUSL Powerball... and why use that many?(the more math in the answer the better :-) )?(p.s. please no negativity from the previous draws are irrelevant contingent or a rehash of the Annuity vs. Cash Debate... Why search for anything other than the winning combo? and I WOULD take the cash