"WHAT IF" PLAY STRATEGIES

     This section deals with "what if" scenarios and how
  they effect the number of combinations that you have to
  "worry" about or that come "into play".
     All of these examples will produce a reduction in
  the number of combinations to be played, but to get
  this reduction, the player must use educated guessing
  and must choose correctly.   


    Example # 1:

     Supposed I decide to play only numbers that did "not"
  come up in the last drawing. How many combinations do I
  have to worry about ?

     ANSWER: If you look at the list of combinations under 
  "charts" for 6 balls, and using the FLORIDA 6/49 LOTTERY
  as an example you can reduce the number of combinations
  from 13,983,816 to 6,096,454 a reduction of about  55%
   
    Example # 2:
    
     I believe that the lowest number drawn this week will
  be a number that starts with 10 or above. How many 
  combinations do I have to worry about ?
  
     ANSWER: Although there is no number provided in this 
  system, the chart of first numbers shows how rapidly the 
  number of combinations drops off as the first number
  gets larger. Thus picking only first numbers from 10 and 
  up in the FLORIDA 6/49 LOTTERY reduces the number of
  combinations from 13,983,816 to 3,838,380 or a reduction
  of 72.6% 

    Example # 3:
    
     Suppose I decide to play only combinations that are 
   "NOT" all even or all odds.  How many combinations does
   this exclude ?        

     ANSWER: The theoretical chart of evens/odds show that
   very few combinations have 6 evens or 6 odds - the exact
   figure for the FLORIDA 6/49 LOTTERY is 311,696 combinat-
   ions or only  2.228%