Excel goodies for PowerBall, and a question....

Here are some simple Excel formulas to apply up-down, Decade, and Even-Odd transforms to Powerball Data

Formula for Up-Down...
=IF(C2<C3,"U",IF(C2=C3,"x","D"))

Formula for Decades
=IF(C2>49,6,IF(C2>39,5,IF(C2>29,4,IF(C2>19,3,IF(C2>9,2,1)))))

Formula for Even-Odd
=IF((C2/2)-(INT(C2*0.5))=0,"E","O")

Counting times a number was drawn...
1. number 1 to 53 down a column, using the first cell for a label (for example column AD)
2. enter this into cell AE2...
=COUNTIF($C$2:$H$76,AD2)
3. autofill down to 53
4. enter the following in cell AF2...
=COUNTIF(C$2:C$76,$AD2)
5. autofill across to column AK
6. autofill columns AF thru AJ down to 53
7. autofill column AK down to 42
this gives times a number was drawn and breaks it down into what position (SORTED)

my sheet is set up with the following columns...
A = Draw Date
B = Draw Number
C = White Ball 1 (SORTED order)
D = White Ball 2
E = White Ball 3
F = White Ball 4
G = White Ball 5
H = PowerBall (Red)
also: sum, sum+powerball, day of draw (W or S), powerplay, jackpot value and # of winners in each prize tier

The formulas are designed to exploit autofill, only need to type once :)

I have a question... what are they good for? How can you use the results to help in making your pick?
Is it just meant as a guide or is there some way to apply this with precision? I'm relatively new to all of this...
 
another question, is there an easy way to leave a formula open-ended? such as a range to include the latest drawing? I have just been changing and re auto-filling the number count range.
ie... $C$2:$H$76 needs to be $C$2:$H$77 after saturday's drawing.
 

PAB

Member
Formula for Even-Odd

For working out if a Number is "ODD" or "EVEN" you could use the Formula :-

=IF(MOD(C2,2)=0,"ODD","EVEN")

Or

=IF(MOD(C2,2)=0,"O","E")

For counting the number of times a Ball has been drawn you could use the "FREQUENCY" Function.

Regards
PAB
 

PAB

Member
Conditional Formatting

Hi Everyone,

I know this is probably easy to do but I seem to have a mental block.
I want to set up a "Conditional Format" that will turn a cell ( or cells ) red if the "Minimum" is greater than 0 ( Zero ). The column does contain Zeros which I want ignored.

The Conditional Format :-
Cell Value Is Equal To =MIN(A$1:A$1000) will Highlight the Zeros.
I have tried different combinations of putting >0 into the Formula but nothing seems to work.
It is for a column I have set up for Consecutive Numbers, and I want it to ignore Zero.

Any help would be appreciated.

All the Best
PAB
:wavey:
 

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