The majority times when I play T5, I usually pick at least one single digit number, and end the line with a number in the fifth position from the thirty's. That's because a large percentage of lines drawn start with a single digit number in the first position, and end with a number in the thirty's in the fifth position. That's a general trend that can easily be seen if you track Take5 numbers on an Excel spreadsheet like I do.
That same trend can also be seen in other states pick 5 games. (like Jersey Cash5 for instance). I track New England Lucky for Life (a total of six numbers are drawn - 5 and a sixth "Lucky Ball") If you look at just the first five numbers drawn in L4L, you'll see that same (first number is a single digit, last number is in the thirty's) trend there too.
I try to pick 3 odd/2 even numbers or 2 odd/3 even most of the time. I look for repeaters from the nite before, and I try to do a 3 Low/2 High or 2 Low/3 High mix too. I have another chart I keep that tells me if any given range of 5 numbers has not been drawn in 3 or more drawings too. (like right now, a number from 11 thru 15 hasnt been drawn since June 14th.)
All of this good stuff I do, and mostly all I win is FP's. (Lots of them) Like last nite. I won 2 FP's, each line I won on had two different winning numbers. (I had 4 out of the 5 winning numbers on my ticket on two different lines.) Not to mention I cant shake my never ending case of "one-off itis". I had 32, one off from a winner - the 31. If I had the 31, I'd have won cash, and had all 5 winning numbers across two lines on my ticket.
So what's a guy to do? What do I have to do to put it all together and hit 5 outta 5? There are times too, that I think to myself that I never want to hit 4 out of 5. That's because I think that if that happens to me, it'll be one heck of a long time (if ever) that I'll hit all five winning numbers on one line!