I have finally finshed the software the I have been writting for a while. It is based on the .Net framework and written in VB.net. I designed the software so that it is plugin based. The software has 3 types of plugins, database, statistics and strategies. The database plugins simply allow the program to flexible address any pick3 database. The statistics plugins will perform analysis on the various databases. The strategy plugins are the heart of the program, they are the ones that will perform a prediction based on a given strategy.
Now to my question. The first strategy that I ran was simply a random one. It simply selects ten random number for a boxed draw and ten random numbers for a straight draw. This yields 20 numbers per drawing.
Here are the results for Ontario and BC:
It looks like I would be really far ahead. Does this make sense or am I doing something wrong? I would have expected 1 Straight win per thousand drawings. Any ideas?
Now to my question. The first strategy that I ran was simply a random one. It simply selects ten random number for a boxed draw and ten random numbers for a straight draw. This yields 20 numbers per drawing.
Here are the results for Ontario and BC:
Code:
Ontario Pick 3
Number of Draws: 2242
Number Boxed Tickets: 2242
Number of Boxed winners: 118
Number Straight Tickets: 2242
Number of Straight winners: 24
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Assuming straight win pays $500 and a boxed win pays $120
Amount spent: $4484
Boxed win amount: $14160
Straight win amount: $12000
Total win amount: $26160
Code:
BC Pick 3
Number of Draws: 3852
Number Boxed Tickets: 3852
Number of Boxed winners: 215
Number Straight Tickets: 3852
Number of Straight winners: 45
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Assuming straight win amount of $500 and boxed win of $120
Amount spent: $7704
Boxed win amount: $25800
Straight win amount: $22500
Total win amount: $48300
It looks like I would be really far ahead. Does this make sense or am I doing something wrong? I would have expected 1 Straight win per thousand drawings. Any ideas?