Hey! I created a new flash version of this program. It's like this one, but only offers you five numbers and one powerball. Plus, it's fun to watch.

Click here to check it out. And let me know if you like.
 
  The Powerball Picker
 
  Background  
  Starting with data gathered from a page updated after every powerball drawing, I rank all the numbers ever drawn in the history of the game. Numbers that rarely have been drawn get the higher rank. I then choose the 10 rarest numbers and the 2 rarest powerball numbers as my prediction. It is not scientific, but it was fun to make.  
  The Program  
  There have been 1166 drawings.

The last drawing:
38  22  55  24  17  
with Powerball:
24


Hot Ball Numbers
54   55   25   18   33   46   21   23   11   53


Hot PowerBall Numbers
27   42
 
 
Source Code
 
  I've provided the source code for the program. Note the recursive use of the calculate functions to determine winning numbers.


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