pick 3 question

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four4me — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:27:33 GMT

doubles come out about every three draws or every third day whichever comes first many times. Sometimes doubles hit twice in a row or even three times. If you check some states you will find that they come out about about 12 times a month in states that have two drawing per day. This information is for states that use pingpong balls. I don't know about states that use RNG's

Reply #4

Thoth — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:50:19 GMT

I know this is an old post but Im gonna reply to it anyways, maybe there are others who dont yet grasp why the percentage of doubles in boxed form is so much higher than the percentage of the doubles in straight form.They key to understanding the odds and frequencies of Pick 3 is to relize that no matter how you play (straight or boxed) there is ALWAYS 1000 possible outcomes for each game. Playing a Double in boxed form just means that when any one of the 3 versions of it is drawn that you wil... [ More ]

Reply #3

Rick G — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:15:16 GMT

Stastically speaking, on a universal basis over an infinite number of draws, singles will come out 72% of the time, doubles 27% and triples 1% and that is based on how many possible straight combinations there are in the 3 categories.

Reply #2

cadl — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 03:01:57 GMT

thanks win d--kinda thought you'd know somethingt about this

Reply #1

WIN D — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 01:47:36 GMT

Hello cadl...... here's a good site to break this down for you. Hope this helps. http://www.lotto-logix.com/txthouse/pick3breakdown.html

pick 3 question

cadl — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 01:14:15 GMT

of the 220 combinations in the pick 3 game 90 are doubles; this is about 41%;yet the frequency with which doubles occur is about 28% in texas and i don'tbelieve this varies much from state to state; there is probably a simpleexplanation for this but i'm curious and would appreciate any inputthanks