Re: Position means for Powerball

On 9 Mar, 19:39, Stig Holmquist <stigfjor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> If you add up the numbers ein each position after they have been
> sorted in ascending order you will find after the last 112 draws that
> the means are 9.6, 18.7, 27.4, 37.1 and 46.6 and tere appears to be a
> slow decrease in each mean from earlier draws.
>
> It is tempting to suggest that the ultimate means after millions of
> draws would be 9-18-27-36-45, but to verify this wild guess one would
> need to do a simulation or else apply some kind of probability
> calculation, which is beyond my ken.
>
> The 55 ball numbers for PB can be divided into five equal ranges:
> 1-11, 12-22, 23-33, 34-44 and 45-55 which have the means :
> 6-17-28-39-50. The fact that the observed means differ from the
> nominal means is due to many balls drawn for position 1 are over 11
> and there are no numbers below 1 to compensate and likewise there will
> be many numbers below 45 drawn for the 5th position but no numbers
> over 55 to compensate.
>
> Would it be possible to predict by probability calculation what the
> ultimate means should be?
>
> =A0Stig Holmquist

For 5/55 balls the means are all multiples of 1/3 and are
9 1/3 - 18 2/3 - 28 - 37 1/3 - 46 2/3
The medians are 7-18-28-38-49
The modes are 1-14-28-42-55