Found this neat analysis on the web:

http://lotteryanalytics.com/649/649_repeaters.php

The author analyses 2746 draws of the Canadian 6/49 game and identifies, by number, the times that the number showed up in 2 back-to-back games, 3 games in a row, 4 games in a row and 5 times in a row (only 4 of these!).

This answers a question that I have long intended to analyze -- if a number shows up in 2 draws in a row should you bet on it to come up a third time? The answer is that only 12.5% of double repeaters will become triples.

Draw your own conclusions

hiya Icewynd, cool...thanks for the link...I added links to the lotto 649 charts to the bottom of my 6/49 page.
[url]http://crazynuts.hollosite.com/649_lottery_picks/[/url]

Likewise, lastnight I organized the links on my main lottery page a bit better:
[url]http://crazynuts.hollosite.com/pick_lottery_numbers/[/url]

Eventually I will break it down further. The random picks for California lottery games at the top of that page is legacy...it was the first lottery stuff I programmed years ago...I should move that bit to it's own page, so the main page will be better as a resource directory.

cya,
blitzed