Dummy Numbers

Menu: Package Dummy Numbers

Allows working with dummy numbers.

Controls Description

The figure above shows an example package with numbers masked using Swap Numbers function. Please remember that the Dummy Numbers function will process only tickets with the same dummy number as your selection. It means that a ticket with dummy numbers at positions "2", "5" and any other position will be retained in the package when you select the Remove option. A ticket with only one selected dummy number will be retained in the package as well.

The following example demonstrates the Leave option:

Let's start with the following package:

Using these settings only the following ticket will be kept in the package

5 95 8 13 24 40

because only this tickets has only one dummy number at position "2". In a similar way, tickets with masked position "1" will be kept in the package when removing tickets with masked positions 1 and 2.

You can also use this function to find the frequency distribution of numbers at any ticket position throughout the lottery history or in a given date range. Here is an example for the frequency distribution of numbers at the third ticket positions from the lottery start till 28/2009.

Example:

  1. Use menu Package Winning Numbers and insert the complete winning numbers database into the package.

  2. Use menu Package Dummy Numbers and mask numbers at positions 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.

  3. Switch to the Statistics page and choose the Calculate Stats button.

  4. Show the Ticket Numbers Chart.

The result should be similar to this:

 

Notes:

  1. The dummy numbers feature can be exploited in many ways and the only limit is your inventiveness when incorporating dummy numbers into your lottery strategy.
  2. The tickets containing dummy numbers are indicated by * sign in the header of the Ticket Statistics window. Thus some values are not valid. See for example function Number movement in the first position.
  3. All filters accept tickets with dummy numbers. This may lead to unwanted results when working with dummy numbers until you swap dummy numbers for regular drawn numbers (namely the Sum and Odd/Even filters).
  4. The only statistics that ignore tickets with dummy numbers are the Sum and Odd/Even statistics. In all other cases tickets with dummy numbers are included in the statistics results.