Numbers Fun Part 1
The lowest sum possible for any Powerball number is 15. This requires that the five white ball numbers be 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. It can be no lower in a LOTTO 5 style game. And thus far it has not happened in any state sanctioned lottery in the US and reportedly not in the world.
By the same token the highest sum possible for any Powerball number is 265. This requires that the five white balls be 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55. It can be no higher in the current Powerball configuration. It has also never happened in the Powerball Lottery.
If one considers the entire Powerball history the lowest sum of the five white balls ever drawn is 26. The highest sum of the five white balls ever drawn is 230.
Considering only the Powerball history between 8/28/2005 and 2/28/07 (the most recent to the time of this writing) the lowest sum of the five white balls is 50 and the highest sum of the five white balls is still 230.
As of the date of this writing, 3/01/07, the ‘winning window’ for the Powerball Lottery can be defined as one bounded by 50 on the low side and 230 on the high side. If your personal picks, lucky numbers or Easy Picks have been falling outside that window it is not surprising that you have not been winning, as you are not only fighting the odds, you are also fighting history.
In Part 2 of this series we will take a look at ‘oddities’ within the ‘winning window’ and point out where within the current ‘winning window’ the sweet spot is located.
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