Combo,
I recently designed an abbreviated wheel which takes advantage of the way my system predicts numbers. By the way, the system is of my own design and is not very automated yet, but who knows what the future holds. Anyway, back to the wheel; I use 20 numbers with a 4 if 6 guarantee but with filters that are based on the way the 20 numbers are usually distributed by my system. The result is that, instead of the full 76 line wheel for that guarantee, I've narrowed it to 49. I have a pool of 11 people so, with Encore, we spend only about $5 each per draw. So last night, we pretty much broke even.
In terms of a streak, even though I only post my top 15 numbers on this forum, I actually use the top 20. In the past 10 draws, I've hit 3/20 6 times and 4/20 twice. Not fantastic yet but it beats the 2.45/20 average for random numbers (6 / 49 x 20). All I can do is keep on trying and hope one of us makes some good dough out of this game.
ND