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Cool visualization!

It would've been nice to not assume only one lottery winner. People tend to pick numbers that are meaningful for them: birthdays, favorite numbers, lucky numbers. Thus it actually significantly increases your EV if you pick unusual numbers, which is not reflected here.

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So, for Mega Millions:

For 1-70: Consider numbers above 31 (days of month)

For 1-25: Similarly, numbers above 12 might be less common (months of year)

What other numbers above 31 would you want to avoid? 33, 44, 50, 69, 70? And you might want to avoid sequences as well.

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