Ontario Lottery Data

Description

The data frame Lottario is a summary of 122 weekly draws of an Ontario lottery, beginning in November, 1978. Each draw consists of 7 numbered balls, drawn without replacement from an urn consisting of balls numbered from 1 through 39.

Usage

Lottario

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Number

the integers from 1 to 39, representing the numbered balls

Frequency

the number of occurrences of each numbered ball

Source

The Ontario Lottery Corporation

References

Bellhouse, D.R. (1982). Fair is fair: new rules for Canadian lotteries. Canadian Public Policy - Analyse de Politiques 8: 311-320.

Examples

 
order(Lottario$Frequency)[33:39]  # the 7 most frequently chosen numbers