If you read Odd and Even Numbers, you saw that the more you
balance your number combinations using odd and even numbers, the more you automatically play the types of number combinations
which are being drawn more consistently in every lottery game in the world. This balancing act is performed in the ball machine
over a period of time. The reason it happens, though, is that it becomes a physical thing. The more balls or the less balls bouncing
around in the ball machine changes the odds of any particular thing happening. There are more or less balls getting in the way.
If you read Knowing
the Odds, you saw that the odds are really a comparison of one thing against another. The group of number combinations you
play, for instance, against the ones left in the game. Which has the better chance of showing up? A number combination from the
group which has more.
In the mock drawing below we are also
concerned with two groups of numbers. The odd numbers and the even numbers. In Odd and Even Numbers we saw which
odd/even sets had more number combinations possible. The total number combinations possible for each odd/even set shows
with precision exactly what the odds are for that group to be drawn. The mock drawing below shows how the physical thing works.
It also shows how the odds are played out with odd and even numbers during the course of the drawing.
We'll be using a 6 out of 49 game for
demonstration purposes only. In a 6 out of 49 game, there are 25 odd numbered balls and 24 even numbered balls.
A LOOK INSIDE THE BALL MACHINE
Before the first ball is drawn:
There are:
25 Odd and 24 Even
Balls |
You have two groups of balls. The ODD group and the EVEN group. Which group has the best chance
of having a ball drawn?
Even though it appears insignificant, it's obvious. The ODD group because there are more odd balls. Physically, there's an extra odd
ball bouncing around in there, so the odds have got to favor, however slightly, an odd ball being drawn.
However, we'll go against the odds and draw an even number. |
After the first ball is drawn:
There are now:
25 Odd and 23 Even
Balls |
Now, odd numbers are favored by
not one, but two. We'll it's early yet. We'll play against the odds again and draw another even number. We don't usually get this much
time to analyze things during a drawing. |
After the second ball is drawn:
There are now:
25 Odd and 22 Even
Balls |
Now, there are three more odd
numbers than even numbers. We won't get too excited. The drawing's not over yet. However, the odds are starting to mount up
against even numbers. Even though, we'll still allow another even number to be drawn. |
After the third ball is drawn:
There are now:
25 Odd and 21 Even
Balls |
Now, there are four more odd
numbers than even numbers. Now, we can get just a little concerned. Lo and behold, another even number was drawn. |
After the fourth ball is drawn:
There are now:
25 Odd and 20 Even
Balls |
We've been playing against the
odds from the beginning, and now there are five more odd numbers than even numbers. At this point, the very best we can do is a
2 odd / 4 even number combination. Even that won't happen because up comes another even number. |
After the fifth ball is drawn:
There are now:
25 Odd and 19 Even
Balls |
This is looking kind of close to
fishy! There are now SIX more odd numbered balls in the ball machine and we can't seem to get ONE! And now, the
almost impossible happens. Yet another even numbered ball is drawn! |
After the sixth ball is drawn:
There are now:
25 Odd and 18 Even
Balls |
What happened? Were the odd numbered
balls stuck to the side of the ball machine? Did somebody put some weights in them? Were there any odd numbered balls in there?
Fix! Fix! These are the type of questions we'd be asking if this happened very often. Well, relax. It doesn't happen too often. As a
matter of fact, in Florida's 6 out of 49 game, it has only happened twice in 275 drawings. Indeed, it had only been calculated to
happen twice! |
This scenario shows the difficulty there is in
an all odd, or for that matter, an all even number combination to be drawn. Just from this mock drawing, we can see that while it is
not impossible for this to happen, the likelihood of it happening is very low. Carrying this one step further, we can say that while the
odds are against it happening, it could, but it shouldn't happen with any high degree of consistency. And it doesn't. Not in any
lottery game in the country.
From this mock drawing, you should be
able to see that in order for the odds to prevail, a balancing act must take place in the ball machine. This is also why you should
use a balancing act on your number combinations if you want to play the types that are being drawn the most.
Remember the rule:
The more you balance your number combinations using odd and even numbers, the more you play into the groups being drawn the most.
Be advised, though, there is another rule equally, if not more, important. It's another balancing rule:
The more you balance your number combinations across the range of numbers in the game, the more you play those groups which are being drawn the
most. It's very important. It's also the subject of the next article. Read Anatomy Part 2.
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