

Arthur, I don't think anyone is going to give you a definition of piddle, so I will. You take a dog for a walk and he lifts his leg on a streetlamp and has a piddle. Its slang for messing about. Most of us are piddling about with numbers here, some do it in their heads, some with pencil and paper, some with analysis applications, some with spreadsheets. We all have different ideas on how to predict the next draw. I piddle about with spreadsheets. My favourite statistics are those which relate to when a ball was drawn and with what other(s). I've gone off making up families related to the symbols and shapes we put on the balls, as thats a human thing, not a natural phenomenon, but its fun to do anyway.
No I don't do 49's I prefer the bigger lotteries,naturally since I'm in the UK, its the UK Lotto and Euromillions.

Happy New Year Arthur !