Sometimes it seems tempting to chase some of those Keno numbers that have been out for a while. Lots of systems advocate using 'cold' numbers.
I did some checking into the behaviour of these beasts. First, I define 'overdue' as a number that has skipped 9 games. This is two standard deviations above the mean.
Once a number has skipped nine games, 25% will hit in the next game, 22% will hit in the game after that, and 14% will hit in the game after that. So, you will get almost 50% of your hits in the first 2 games after a number is identified as overdue and 60% in the first 3 games.
I would not chase one of these numbers more than 2 or 3 games, as the streaks can run on for quite a while. I'm sure many of you remember the recent experience with number 64 which was out for 30 games before it hit. I played it as a key number for too many games, and I finally got smart and gave it up as a lost cause!
Hope this is of use to someone
I did some checking into the behaviour of these beasts. First, I define 'overdue' as a number that has skipped 9 games. This is two standard deviations above the mean.
Once a number has skipped nine games, 25% will hit in the next game, 22% will hit in the game after that, and 14% will hit in the game after that. So, you will get almost 50% of your hits in the first 2 games after a number is identified as overdue and 60% in the first 3 games.
I would not chase one of these numbers more than 2 or 3 games, as the streaks can run on for quite a while. I'm sure many of you remember the recent experience with number 64 which was out for 30 games before it hit. I played it as a key number for too many games, and I finally got smart and gave it up as a lost cause!
Hope this is of use to someone
