Enhancement #10 provides deterministic Powerball.net draw-history loading to enable Jackpot Event Forecast (JEF). If direct fetch is blocked by browser policy, save Powerball.net archive pages (e.g., /archive/YYYY) and import them.
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Methodology Rationale
Why these numbers were selected (method, ranks, weights/scores).
Candidate Pool Construction
Generate a large candidate universe; score tickets; then focus on a Top-K pool (K=50) for ranking stability.
Reduces noise dominance while preserving diversity of viable tickets.
Final rankings are computed within the Top-K pool using the current scoring logic.
Frozen Reference Window
Uses a fixed 260-draw historical window as the baseline for all weighting and comparisons.
Prevents silent drift caused by changing sample sizes across runs/dates.
Improves repeatability: same inputs yield the same outputs.
The Method Agreement Index rewards candidates supported by multiple independent methods.
Outlier patterns may be penalized to reduce overfit to rare historical artifacts.
Run Likelihood % (RL%) Interpretation
Run Likelihood % (RL%) is a percentile-style score normalized within the comparison pool for this run (not jackpot odds).
“Model Run Likelihood %” ranks within a method; “Global Run Likelihood %” ranks across methods for the same draw date.
Run Likelihood % is most meaningful when comparing tickets from the same run and draw date.
Validation Hooks and Stability Controls
Range/duplicate checks, date gating, and data-load readiness guards prevent invalid states.
History reconciliation recomputes Global Run Likelihood % across all entries for a given draw date.
Any scoring or rules change must update this Rationale to remain auditable.
Run Breakdown (click a generated game or a Drawing History row)
Generate a set (or click a result in Drawing History) to see the breakdown here.
Drawing History
Model Type
Draw Date
Numbers
Powerball
Model RL (%)
Global Run Likelihood (%)
Top Duplicates
Numbers
Powerball
Score (%)
Frequency
Generate Powerball Play Slip
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Saved Slip / Previous Predictions (Latest per Method)
Shows the most recent saved run for each method for the selected draw date. Maximum 5 games per method per date.
Rows: 0
Going forward, predictions are saved/loaded as JSON (local storage + optional JSON file).
Previous Predictions (History)
Historical results are not loaded. Previous Predictions are saved as JSON and will display status as SAVED until you load Historical Data, at which point matches and categories will be computed.
Draw Date
Method
Rank
Numbers
Powerball
Status
Match Category
Method
Game
Numbers
Powerball
Status
Matches
Exports
Analysis
Enhancements and analytical modules. Additive-only. Sections may be hidden or shown by build version.
Jackpot Data
Total Hits:0
Dataset:Not loaded
Schema: pb_jackpot_hits_vE3_2
State
Ticket Hits
Population
Span (Years)
Hits / 1M / Year
Draw Date
Jackpot Advertised
Cash Value
Winners
Winner States
Retailer City
Retailer County
Numbers
Notes
No jackpot hit records loaded.
Pattern Analytics
Descriptive pattern analytics on the jackpot-hit dataset.
Clustering
K-means over normalized features: log(jackpot), roll draws to hit, month-of-year, winnerCount.
Sel
Cluster
Count
Avg Jackpot
Avg Cash
Avg Roll Draws
Avg Winners
Dominant Months
Run analytics to populate clustering results.
Outlier detection
Outliers flagged by z-score on log(jackpot) and growth-per-draw (when available).
Sel
Draw Date
Jackpot
Cash
Roll Draws
Growth/Draw
z(logJackpot)
z(growth/Draw)
Notes
Run analytics to populate outliers.
State representation vs expected share
Observed state “ticket hits” versus expected share by population.
Sel
State
Observed Tickets
Expected Tickets
Obs/Exp
Population
Pop Share
Chi Component
Run analytics to populate state representation table.
Overlays
Overlays annotate records and analytics with time-aligned context bands/markers. They do not modify dataset logic or predictive scoring.
Categories
Status: ready.
Overlay Coverage (descriptive)
Overlay
Category
Type
Records Covered
Outliers Covered
Enable overlays and run analytics to populate coverage.
Cluster Overlay Coverage (descriptive)
Cluster
Records
Top Overlays (by record coverage)
Outliers in Cluster
Enable overlays and run analytics to populate cluster coverage.
Coverage percentages are computed against the currently loaded dataset and current outlier sensitivity.
Official Validation Mode (manual paste)
Paste official draw detail text to cross-check jackpot/cash/winner states. This creates a local validation log.
Date
Status
Mismatches
No validations yet.
Analysis Explanations
Selections are pulled from the Pattern Analytics tables (Cluster / Outlier / State Share). This module is display-only and does not affect predictions, scoring, or dataset logic.
Current Selection
State:—
Cluster:—
Outlier Date:—
Outlier z:—
Explainability Output
Select a row and run an explanation action.
Scoring
Status: Not Run
Candidate Input (optional)
Deliverable #1 expects candidate generation to be delegated to your existing engine. For this scaffold, you may paste candidate rows in the format:
01-12-27-41-63|PB-19 (one per line). If empty, vE9 will attempt to read candidates from the “Previous Predictions” table if available.
Candidates: 0
Run Details
Run ID:—
Fingerprint:—
Enabled Modules:—
(precheck log)
Jackpot Event Forecast (Experimental)
Status: Not Run
Produces a deterministic Top 10 list of observational event forecasts (When / Where / How / Why). This panel never states win odds and never uses causal narratives.
No output yet.
D6 Self-Tests (Fail-Closed + Determinism)
These tests verify: (1) fail-closed behavior when required inputs are missing, (2) deterministic repeatability given identical inputs, and (3) map highlight gating.
They do not modify upstream vE9 logic and can be cleared at any time.
US Winners Map
Display-only interactive USA map for state-level winner distribution . Hover to preview; click a state to view
structured details.
State Details
Click a state to load its structured details (templates and severity rules implemented in later deliverables).
Note: Amount details will display only if present in the local offline dataset for this build.
Enhancement #9 — Explainability Continuity (D5)
vE9 does not generate new explainability narratives. It binds to, references, and reuses the locked vE3.5.10 explainability artifacts and augments them only with transparent score math and bounded CXT disclosure (non-causal).
“Why?” drill-down resolves strictly via the audit ledger and surfaces EXREF pointers and locked explainability references without rewording any vE3.5.10 text.
This section documents what vE9 outputs mean, what they do not claim, and how to interpret them responsibly.
It is informational only and does not alter the scoring contract or locked explainability narratives.
What vE9 does
Ranks candidate sets deterministically using the locked scoring contract (Deliverable #3) and the audit ledger.
Assigns a confidence tier using percentile banding only (A/B/C/D), relative to the candidate set for that run.
Provides a short rationale using fixed phrase mappings based on the largest absolute module contributions (drivers).
Passes through locked explainability references (vE3.5.10) unchanged, enabling “Why?” drill-down via the audit ledger.
What vE9 does not claim
No claim of improved lottery odds, win guarantees, or causal inference about outcomes.
No claim that tiers represent absolute probabilities; tiers are relative ranks within the evaluated candidate pool.
No claim that contextual indicators (CXT) cause or predict draws; CXT is disclosed as non-causal and isolated.
No claim of state-specific, political, or demographic targeting; the model does not encode such causal assertions.
How to interpret the output
Use tiers as an ordering heuristic, not as a forecast of real-world outcomes.
If scores are tightly clustered, treat differences between nearby ranks as practically insignificant.
Only trust “Why?” explanations that resolve to the audit ledger and locked vE3.5.10 sections.
When required ledger paths are missing or validation fails, vE9 fails closed and excludes outputs.
Disclaimer: vE9 confidence tiers are relative ranking bands derived from candidate percentiles for a single run, not absolute winning probabilities.
Implementation note: This panel is informational. It must not mutate scoring inputs, module weights, explainability text, or historical data state.
Enhancement #9 — Governance Pack (D7)
Versioned governance constants and schema guards. This section is informational and enforces fail-closed validation for vE9 run artifacts.