(January 8, 2015 at 4:02 pm)BlackMason Wrote: Not true. If I, the lottery board, know all number combinations played, why do I need to know the winning numbers before hand? Why can't I simply negate all played combinations? This is exactly what I'm claiming.It's the same thing, accusing the board of knowing the result ahead of time and ensuring that a specific combination is played.
If all possible played combinations are random, then the population of combinations remaining is also random. One is chosen and then in a fashion that has yet to be demonstrated, the board forces that number to be the jackpot. The board still knows in advance what the desired winning combination should be.
Worse for you, in this scenario the jackpot numbers with no winner are still randomly determined so your analysis isn't going to yield anything.
