On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:41:50 AM UTC+2, Ion Saliu wrote:
> Yes, this is another lottery strategy. It is derived from the traditional ‘birthday number’ strategy: all lottery numbers drawn are between 1 and 31.
>
> The half-month is 31/2 = 15.5, rounded up t0 16.
>
> This strategy does occur in just about every lotto game, albeit not as frequently as the Doollows of the world love.
>
> It just happened in the Euromillions draw of Ginuary 25, 2019:
>
> • 1 6 13 15 16, 6 10
>
>
> The odds calculated as EXACTLY in a Euro Millions game
> '5/16 AND 2/12':
>
> ~ 0 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 0 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 13.87
> ~ 0 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 1 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 31.2
> ~ 0 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 2 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 624
> ~ 1 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 0 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 3.88
> ~ 1 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 1 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 8.74
> ~ 1 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 2 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 174.72
> ~ 2 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 0 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 3.88
> ~ 2 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 1 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 8.74
> ~ 2 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 2 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 174.72
> ~ 3 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 0 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 11.65
> ~ 3 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 1 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 26.21
> ~ 3 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 2 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 524.16
> ~ 4 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 0 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 116.48
> ~ 4 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 1 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 262.08
> ~ 4 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 2 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 5241.6
> ~ 5 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 0 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 6406.4
> ~ 5 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 1 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 14414.4
> ~ 5 of 5 in 5 from 16 AND 2 of 2 in 2 from 12: 1 in 288,288
>
> Keep also in mind the important parameter of lotto decades. The ‘half-month birthday numbers’ come from 2 decades only, but not all of them from one decade.
>
> Best of luck, axios!
>
> Parpaluck
> https://saliu.com/oddslotto.html

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