I'm trying to find what the actual probabilities of Games Skipped are in Lucky for Life (5 numbers each draw from pool of 48, and 1 number from 18 for the Lucky ball, 6 numbers total drawn each game). Not counting the lucky ball, there are 1,712,304 combinations total. From this, the probability of each number from 1 to 48 can be found. With a filter of any one number having to come out, there would be 178,365 combinations left. This number divided by 1,712,304 gives roughly 10.42 % for each number.
For games skipped, i have a program that analyzes all 499 draws (after early matrix change). After a backtest, 179/499 draws have had at least one number that was 2 games skipped, which is around 36%. Is there a way to find the actual probability, like what can be done with each ticket number? If possible, for example, maybe even what the probability of 3 numbers being 3 games skipped is?