Playing full selections
I have a tendency to try out all theories (new and improved in all cases) against the real data. And this is what I tried with the two full selections posted here.
In both cases, I compared the 8 lines suggested against the results for all 2389 draws of Loto 6/49 and here what I got:
- for the full selection with number 12 missing: 357 times with 3 winning numbers and 18 times with 4 winning numbers and never any combination with 5 or more winning numbers
- for the full selection with number 36 missing: 353 times with 3 winning numbers and 13 times with 4 winning numbers and never any combination with 5 or more winning numbers
I also tried two other full selections of my own with number 49 missing in both cases. Here are my results:
- for a full selection where numbers increase by 8 in each combination (1-9-17-25-33-41, then 2-10-18-26-34-42, and so on), 357 times with 3 winning numbers and 19 times with 4 winning numbers and never any combination with 5 or more winning numbers
- for a full selection where numbers are sequential each combination (1-2-3-4-5-6, then 7-8-9-10-11-12, and so on), 344 times with 3 winning numbers and 19 times with 4 winning numbers and never any combination with 5 or more winning numbers
So you can draw your own conclusions, but it appears fairly obvious that, on the long run, any full selection with 48 numbers is as good any other one. But with the knowledge of past draws, you could make a full selection that out performs all othe ones (may be even with 5 or more jackpot winner).