One way of looking at the lotto numbers that I have been using lately is to break the numbers out into their digits -- for example "14" is composed of the digits 1 and 4. If you do this, you will immediately notice that there are a lot of 1s, 2s, 3s & 4s -- in fact, there are 14 of each of these digits (I call them the base set) as compared to 5 of each digit 5 to 9 and only 4 zeros. (These numbers are for a 49 number lotto, obviously they will be different for lottos with a different set of numbers).
An average lotto draw will have 11 different digits with 7 coming from the 1-4 group and 4 coming from the other digits. The neat thing about this is that, in about 50% of the draws, one of the base digits is missing. So, if you feel that the 4's might be missing in the next draw, that allows you to drop not only the entire 40's decade, but also 4, 14, 24 and 34. You can combine decade anlysis with last digit analysis to help you determine which of the 'base' digits might not appear.
An average lotto draw will have 11 different digits with 7 coming from the 1-4 group and 4 coming from the other digits. The neat thing about this is that, in about 50% of the draws, one of the base digits is missing. So, if you feel that the 4's might be missing in the next draw, that allows you to drop not only the entire 40's decade, but also 4, 14, 24 and 34. You can combine decade anlysis with last digit analysis to help you determine which of the 'base' digits might not appear.
