Positional Number Distance

These statistics analyze the difference of ticket numbers at neighboring ticket positions.

For example in Expert Lotto 6/49 Demo Lottery the 10 latest draws are:

2010/28 Sun 2nd 23 29 36 42 44 47 [07]
2010/28 Sun 1st 06 13 14 19 41 42 [29]
2010/28 Wed 2nd 02 13 16 17 25 40 [27]
2010/28 Wed 1st 16 18 22 23 28 29 [24]
2010/27 Sun 2nd 01 06 12 24 32 41 [44]
2010/27 Sun 1st 02 15 22 29 30 37 [42]
2010/27 Wed 2nd 20 23 25 30 33 35 [07]
2010/27 Wed 1st 08 11 19 26 48 49 [18]
2010/26 Sun 2nd 08 11 18 32 36 38 [06]
2010/26 Sun 1st 05 06 11 31 40 43 [32]

Number Distance analysis shows that the most frequent distance between numbers at the second and the first ticket positions is 3. It was found in three analyzed draws - see table cells with blue background above. The same analysis also shows that the most frequent distance between numbers at ticket position 6 and 5 is 1. It was found in 3 analyzed draws - see table cells with orange background above.

Number Distance statistical properties of the latest draw in e.g. Winning Numbers Properties window show the Distance 2-1 is 6. Second number 29 minus the first number 23 equals 6. Value in Distance 3-2 column is 7 because 36-29=7. The same applies to other ticket positions.

Distance 1-0 is just a convenience value showing the number at the first ticket position.

Distance 6-1 is the distance between the last ticket number and the first ticket number (in a 6/xx lottery).

These statistics are available in summary form and also as per-ticket properties.