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Please Note: Shortest, Average and Longest elapse time rows are currently removed for simplifying Current Elapse Time Analysis result.

	Numbers - all the numbers in the number field of a lottery. The number with a red background, for example, 09 is one of the winning numbers of the last draw in the selected time period. The number with a grey background, for example, 01 has never hit in the selected time period.
	Rank - orders the numbers according to their current elapse time. The longer the current time, the higher the rank, the number is more overdue. Numbers with the same current elapse time rank the same.
	Expected Elapse Time - means, theoretically, how long a number should wait to win. For an m/n lottery, its expected elapse time is n/m. For example, for a 6/48 lottery, its expected elapse time is 48/6=8. This means every number should win in every 8 draws.
	Current Elapse Times - illustrate how long (how many draws) all the numbers have been waiting so far in the selected time period with different colors of the bars:   Red:   The current elapse time of the number is higher than expected elapse time. Green:  The current elapse time of the number is equal to expected elapse time.  Blue:   The current elapse time of the number is lower than expected elapse time.

This table shows the numbers which are sorted from the left - with the longer current elapse times, to the right - with the shorter current elapse times.
 

	Numbers - all the numbers in the number field of a lottery. The number with a red background, for example, 46 is one of the winning numbers of the last draw in the selected time period.
	Rank - the order of the numbers according to their current elapse times.
	Current Elapse Time - lists the elapse times of the numbers above.

 

Current Elapse Time Analysis also tells the expected elapse times of all numbers, as well as the historical shortest, average and longest elapse times of numbers. It even gives the comparative results of the current elapse times, with the expected, shortest, average and longest elapse times.

Let's use an example to show how Current Elapse Time Analysis works:

The following are the winning numbers of the Maryland Lotto (6/49) game over the time period from January 2 to April 10, 1999. We want to perform a Current Elapse Time Analysis (Click here to see complete sample result) on these numbers:

(01) ........ 01/02/1999 02 04 29 31 33 38
(02) ........ 01/06/1999 03 13 28 30 33 40
(03) ........ 01/09/1999 07 08 23 34 40 44
(04) ........ 01/13/1999 11 17 29 41 46 47
(05) ........ 01/16/1999 02 03 19 24 41 44
(06) ........ 01/20/1999 17 20 28 35 41 42
(07) ........ 01/23/1999 10 12 13 28 30 36
(08) ........ 01/27/1999 09 11 17 37 38 48
(09) ........ 01/30/1999 10 19 26 32 33 45
(10) ........ 02/03/1999 14 15 31 34 43 47
(11) ........ 02/06/1999 02 04 23 45 46 48
(12) ........ 02/10/1999 05 06 17 28 40 48
(13) ........ 02/13/1999 04 19 29 41 47 49
(14) ........ 02/17/1999 02 07 12 36 47 48
(15) ........ 02/20/1999 05 10 11 24 37 45
(16) ........ 02/24/1999 06 08 29 33 35 41
(17) ........ 02/27/1999 03 13 18 34 41 42
(18) ........ 03/03/1999 03 20 23 24 32 36
(19) ........ 03/06/1999 30 31 32 34 36 39
(20) ........ 03/10/1999 03 05 08 18 39 42
(21) ........ 03/13/1999 04 07 18 21 22 47
(22) ........ 03/17/1999 05 07 12 21 38 48
(23) ........ 03/20/1999 11 14 16 34 39 44
(24) ........ 03/24/1999 11 24 27 31 36 48
(25) ........ 03/27/1999 03 11 23 33 38 44
(26) ........ 03/31/1999 08 15 18 22 33 42
(27) ........ 04/03/1999 09 16 28 35 47 49
(28) ........ 04/07/1999 02 09 24 27 30 44
(29) ........ 04/10/1999 09 30 36 42 46 49

For example, Number 01 never won during this time period. So, it's been given a grey background and its current elapse time is 29, meaning it has not been drawn during the entire selected time period.

Number 13 won in draws 02, 07 and 17. Its current elapse time is 12 because there have been 12 draws since its last win. Its historical longest elapse time is 9 (9 draws from draw 08 to 16). Its historical shortest elapse time is 01 (having gone one draw before it was selected in game 02). Its average elapse time is calculated by adding all of the elapse times divided by the ht times.

Keep in mind that numbers with the longest elapse times are not necessarily the best ones to play. Turn your attention to the numbers with red backgrounds on the historical longest elapse time row. These numbers have been in elapse too long and their current elapse times have exceeded their historical longest elapse period. You may want to play these numbers for several draws. If they don't win, stay away from these numbers for awhile because they may have entered into a long dormant state.