Monday, May 19, 2008

Illinois Lottery Oddity

I plugged into Microsoft Excel the Illinois lottery numbers from 1999 to 2006. Following is what was vetted out by Microsoft Excel as the most frequently picked of the individual numbers.

Lotto: 1, 11, 25, 31, 43, 51
Pick-3: 2, 6, 4
Pick-4: 8, 2, 9, 8
The Big Game: 1, 11, 27, 38, 47, 3, 0
Mega Millions: 1, 10, 27, 40, 52, 3

In all that time, the Pick 3 number combination appeared only three times, and the Pick 4 appeared twice. No other combination of most frequently picked individual numbers from any of the other games appeared during that entire time. Coincidence?

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