(UK) Procyon Rising Project: Progress Report

[Paracelsus]

In the months July - August the group as a whole scored a little above
expectation (SCORE = 115%). Numbers picked by more than one participant did even better (TOP = 124%), and numbers picked by participants around their lucky peaks did best of all (PEAK = 175%). The QS subset bombed completely, so I will no longer pursue this line of enquiry. I still have plenty of
ideas left to test!

Much of this good performance took place in the last four draws, since I
started assigning numbers individually. (SCORE = 174%, TOP = 272%, PEAK =
258%.) It's much too early to make any conclusions, and this could be down
to a form of beginner's luck, but it does look promising as a line of
attacking the lottery beast.

The overall performance over nine months is as follows:

SCORE: 99%

TOP: 117%

PEAK: 137%

QS: 70%

While the group as a whole is still sticking very close to expectation, the
PEAK subset is over a third better than chance, and this is statistically
significant (p = 0.017).


Shane McDermott
The Procyon Rising Project

 

[CMF]

Meaningless Statistics for Astrology Lotto Predictions

The benchmark for measuring success in obtaining wins in Lotto is Random Selections as these over a reasonable number of draws playing whatever number of lines will accord with the odds.

This so called Procyon Rising Project Progress Report is bare on the detail necessary to compare with the results from using Random Selections ie an equivalent number of lines played per draw over the specified number of draws. Also, the UK 6/49 Lotto game as being the relevant Lotto game one would have thought as being a necessary tidbit of information.

Most people would be dismissive of the method used if it were divulged in the report, which is to use some of the participants who are considered to be in a more heightened state of astrological predictability to supply 3 numbers which the author then uses to produce an unspecified number of lines in an unspecified way.

The overall chances of a prize in the UK 6/49 Lotto game are 1 in 53.66 with most of the prizes coming from a match 3 (1 in 56.66), a match 4 (1 in 1032.4) and to a much lesser extent a match 5 (1 in 54,200.84).

For 1,000 plays I have tabulated the results for various Wheels with guarantees or Covers against my method ie maximized 3if3 along with 3if6 using the full Pool of 49. See -
http://www.colinfairbrother.com/UsingLesserPoolCoversInLotto.aspx

This Procyon Rising Project Progress Report with its alleged test results, which are always suspect where the numbers played are not published well before the draw assuming one is able to draw any meaning from the ersatz statistics.

Colin Fairbrother

 

[Icewynd]

Colin, Colin, Colin. What are we going to do with you? Didn't your mother ever teach you that if you can't say anything nice you shouldn't say anything at all?

Keep an open mind. Maybe the Universe has something to teach you.

 

[CMF]

A condescending upstart and Johny come lately gives an example of saying something "nice"?

This thread is about using astrology to predict Lotto numbers.

If you don't have anything relevant to the thread to contribute butt out.

Colin

 

[Icewynd]

If you don't have anything relevant to the thread to contribute butt out.

Colin

Hmmm, hardly conducive to encouraging open discussion. However, I sincerely apologize if you found my tone condescending.