Number Movement Patterns compares the number of analyzed draw/ticket with the winning numbers of the previous draw.
For example the latest three draws in Expert Lotto 6/49 Demo lottery 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] |
The Number Movement Pattern for draw 2010/28 Sun 2nd is ++++++ because all its winning numbers are greater than numbers at appropriate position in the previous draw.
The movement pattern for draw 2010/28 Sun 1st is +=-+++. The first winning number is 6 which is greater than number 2 at previous draw, so the first part of number movement pattern value is "+". The second number, 13, is the same as in previous draw, so the pattern continues with "=" sign. Number 14 is lower than number 16 at the same position in previous draw, so the next part of movement pattern is "-". The rest of the winning numbers are greater than the numbers in previous draw, so the movement pattern ends with "+++".
These statistics are available in summary form and also as per-ticket properties.
See also Digits Movement Patterns statistics and Number Movement Pattern filter.