I'm not so sure
I understand the maths, 1 in 49 of pulling any number...1 in 48 of pulling the next number etc..

However, when you start looking at a strings of numbers, although the 1 in 49, 1 in 48, 1 in 47 etc works, you are now looking at a range within the odds.

so, if you start with number 12, for instance, the next number drawn has to be within a range from 7 to 17 to form a string, depending on the next pulled, lets say it's 15, the next range has to be within 10 and 17...

so by the third draw you are not looking at 1 in 47, but the odds of pulling a number between 10 and 17 that isn't 12 or 15 out of 47...

It goes a bit odd, and I don't have the maths to explain it.

I think, anyway.
( Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 20:46, 1 reply)

The number pulled out next
Is not dependant on any of the previous numbers. There are 13.5 million ways to pick six numbers from 49, and all of them have exactly the same probability. The machine and balls don't remember anything that happened before they were picked, and they have no tendancy to compensate for any past imbalances either.
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 22:44, closed)