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   Marmaduke Jinks wrote:   
   > On 21/01/2026 11:36, ES Nigel wrote:   
   >   
   >> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 19/01/2026 16:01, ES Nigel wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> NN wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 17/01/2026 17:21, ES Nigel wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> NN wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> [4, 5, 17, 18, 27, 56]   
   >>>>>>> [6, 19, 20, 38, 48, 58]   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> [02,26,28,30,57]   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Result=[ 12 26 30 32 39 58 (04) ]   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> nn =[]   
   >>>>>    =[]   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> nigel =[26 30]   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> well done nigel   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thank you.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm trying a new system, which I haven't named yet, which I hope   
   >>>> will identify pairs of numbers 'more likely' to occur together.   
   >>>> Unfortunately the woo-woo stuff under the covers sometimes maps two   
   >>>> logical numbers to the same physical number. I guess that's okay for   
   >>>> Hotpicks-1 but useless for buying tickets for Hotpicks-2 or the main   
   >>>> draw.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The pairs for Saturday's draw were: [26,30],[52,02],[28,28]   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've just looked up the prize for Hotpicks-2 - £60 :-)   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Is that 28 paired with....28? ;-)   
   >>>   
   >> Exactly.   
   >>   
   >> I've decided to call it O&A (for oranges and apples), since it's   
   >> aiming for pairs.   
   >>   
   >> The history so far:   
   >>   
   >> 21/01/26 [35,12] [47,18] [28,28] result tba   
   >> 17/01/26 [26***,30***] [57,02] [28,28] (yes, I typed a wrong number]   
   >> 14/01/26 [48,28] [59,18] [37,37]   
   >> 10/01/26 [52,58] [59,36] [05***,05***]   
   >>   
   > I admire you for your resilience :-)   
   >   
   > But Shirley if you have 2 numbers the same in one set then you can put a   
   > single bet on one of them, innit?   
      
   For Hotpicks-1, you can place two bets on the number. But it's useless   
   for Hotpicks-2. And if you're aiming for pairs, you probably should be   
   betting on pairs. Sadly that £60 is a rip-off and a hell of a house edge   
   to overcome.   
   >   
   > The Jinks.   
   >   
   > The top pairs are 2 & 54 and 42 & 59, having occurred 21 times in the   
   > last 1,073 draws in the 6/59 format.  Now that would be a huge   
   > Martingale bet   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_(betting_system)   
   >   
   > Me- I've always like palindromic pairs like 34 and 43 etc.   
      
   Me too. They probably don't occur more often than other pairs but   
   they're more noticeable.   
      
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