The Powerball is like playing musical chairs.

[Blue71]

Last night I had no doubts certain numbers would come up. But my problem sometimes with...no make that most of the time is that I get numbers right just not in sequence. Let me illustrate.

Here are the numbers from last night that came out. 1 15 17 26 40 PB 19

I always pick at least $5.00 worth each draw. That gives me enough really to work with. I don't need more than that although I do sometimes play more. But average stays at $5.00

So here are my lines and I will put in bold the numbers I picked right. Which was all of them.

A. 02 03 19 48 50 PB 11
B. 14 15 26 39 42 PB 31
C. 08 13 21 40 45 PB 01
D. 10 17 18 31 49 PB 06
E. 11 12 17 24 30 PB 29

As you can see I had the 1 as a powerball and 19 as a whiteball. Now I played those numbers because I felt they were not only due but either 19 or 1 had to come up and I wasn't sure which one would be the powerball. I could have played both as each one but I was certain.

You see...I see the Powerball like musical chairs they go round and round and when the music stops where and who will be out.

This is what frustrates me alot of the times. Is I can't seem to sequence the numbers I pick to the right locations. Oh, sure I could play the same numbers all the time, but that isn't my strategy. I try and do eductated guesses along with some math involved. If X was here and X was there X surely will be X this time.

Sometimes it's like chasing the wind. You can see it's effects, yet you can't really see it.

But I keep on playing because everyone's due right?

 

[blitzed]

Last night I had no doubts certain numbers would come up. But my problem sometimes with...no make that most of the time is that I get numbers right just not in sequence.
But I keep on playing because everyone's due right?

doh! yup, that drives me nuts too. what you might want to try occassionally is some sort of wheel to guarantee at the very least matching 2 numbers in a pick if X numbers in your group are drawn.

how many unique numbers are in your group? I dug into my archives, here is a 9 pick wheel for a group of 16 numbers. It guarantees matching 3 in one pick at least, if all 6 numbers in your group of 16 were drawn:

16 numbers 9 plays posted by Adolf Muehl
1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 if 3 32.14%
2. 1 2 7 8 9 10 3 if 4 81.64%
3. 1 3 7 11 12 13 3 if 5 98.92%
4. 1 4 8 11 14 15 3 if 6 100.00%
5. 2 3 10 12 14 16 4 if 4 7.41%
6. 2 5 8 12 13 15 4 if 5 32.14%
7. 3 4 9 13 15 16 4 if 6 69.44%
8. 5 6 7 9 12 14 5 if 5 1.23%
9. 6 8 10 11 13 16 5 if 6 6.85%

also knock yourself out with the big wheel archive on lotto-logix.com:
http://www.lotto-logix.com/wheelhouse/

later,
blitzed

 

[Blue71]

Thanks blitzed.

I will do that. I need all the help I can get.

 

[Catzilla]

I just don't see how any predictions can be made.
When you get all those balls bouncing around it has to be nothing but coincidental.

Don't get me wrong I wish I could predict it all !

 

[Blue71]

I just don't see how any predictions can be made.
When you get all those balls bouncing around it has to be nothing but coincidental.

Don't get me wrong I wish I could predict it all !

I'm not predicting anything. I'm only simply take shots in the dark on what I believe will come out and sometimes they do. Is it coicidental? Maybe.

Or am I just guessing well? As you see I got the right numbers but not in sequence. But this doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I get no numbers and sometimes I get three numbers right. But the last time I did that was a month ago.

Three times in a row recently I got the Powerball number and I wasn't playing but only $5.00.

If I could predict the numbers I would predict them for you, blitzed and everyone I knew that need money. Which would be alot of people.

 

[Catzilla]

Same here, I pray every Wed & Sat that it just might be my night, I keep at least 2 rows of numbers that I never change just in case they come up.

I can't wait until the Carolina Pick 5 game starts next week, it's daily !

 

[blitzed]

Thanks blitzed.
I will do that. I need all the help I can get.

you are welcome, that isn't a perfect solution, but you get the idea. most of those wheels are intended for 6/49 lotteries...so you'd have to make adjustments for mega ball stuff. probably some 5 number wheels somewhere, or I can program one to generate it...but I don't know how to guarantee 100% coverage for a certain prize, I'd have to look into it.

anyway, would be pretty slick to at the very least get a match 3 ifya numbers are in the pool that got wheeled out.

g'luck!
blitzed

 

[blitzed]

I just don't see how any predictions can be made.
When you get all those balls bouncing around it has to be nothing but coincidental.

Don't get me wrong I wish I could predict it all !

It isn't predicting, it is just about betting on certain numbers that are more likely to come up due to probability & law of averages, what comes around goes around wheel in the sky keeps on turnin and all that jazz.

blitzed

 

[blitzed]

Same here, I pray every Wed & Sat that it just might be my night, I keep at least 2 rows of numbers that I never change just in case they come up.

I can't wait until the Carolina Pick 5 game starts next week, it's daily !

right on, good to play a comfortable set consistently, then throw a few fresh ones into the mix. eventually somethins gotta hit!

blitzed