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RE: It's in the MySQL database at home ... safe and sound.

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Are these numbers stored in the order they were drawn? I find it impossible to analyze data that is organized in ascending order. Please let me know. I have theories on pattern analysis. Oh yeah, don't forget to factor in leap year...

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Are these numbers stored in the order they were drawn? I find it impossible to analyze data that is organized in ascending order. Please let me know.

You mean the master list of winning numbers? Yes, they are only available from the website in ascending order. But ultimately, that doesn't matter as the lottery is based on non-repeating combination rather than non-repeating permutation. You are right, however, in that there are other analysis tricks that could be studied if we knew the real drawing order ... but in terms of picking a possible winner it doesn't (well shouldn't) make a difference.

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