Still looking to put together macro for sum of skips!

[mirage]

(Originally posted by Snides)

I think that is a great idea. most of the time that I wheel my tickets I either completely ignore all cold numbers (7, 8, 9 draws back, somewhere in that range) and just wheel my choosen hot/warm numbers. Hmm, crap, that changes a bunch of things.. I just tried running that in the background, and if it only looks at the hot/warm numbers it won't add in any cold, thus your skip sum is much lower, i tried to wheel for a sum skip of 49, but of course it didn't produce any tickets because in order to get a skip sum of 49, all the numbers would have had to come from 7 draws back (which is what i limited it to). So this idea is good, but requires some re-designing.

Sounds good, but of course the numbers usually look more like last Saturday, the 19th's, draw:

01 = 5
33 = 20
40 = 10
41 = 3
45 = 4
48 = 7

The bonus, 46, being the repeat. This draw is good example of hot/cold ratio, but would have missed the jackpot because repeater was the bonus. However, if filter for decades was >1 but < 4, then it might have snagged the 2nd prize. I haven't checked all the other filters.

Looking good!

And thanks for letting me know about your wheel! I had no idea it was on the board.

 

[Snides]

you're welcome.

as for all the settings for the filters, it will be difficult to know the best setting untill they are all in place and we can see how low the combinations can go without the filters interferring with each other.. I may not get much time in the next couple days to work on it though. I have a funeral to go to tomorrow, which could tie up my time for most of the day..

 

[mirage]

you're welcome.

as for all the settings for the filters, it will be difficult to know the best setting untill they are all in place and we can see how low the combinations can go without the filters interferring with each other.. I may not get much time in the next couple days to work on it though. I have a funeral to go to tomorrow, which could tie up my time for most of the day..

Snides,

Regarding the funeral. My condolences if it was someone you knew well.

I too am busy - have to drive quite a long distance to go to a wedding early Friday and have a lot to do to get ready. Wont be back until Tues, anyway.

I tried out your wheeler program last night. I could not get custom settings to work. (The default settings were unclicked when trying custom). The default settings work OK, I think, but it gives one the multitudes.

So a wheel can be a full wheel of all the combinations? - I did not know this. I thought wheels were by definition at least partially abbreviated.

The positional filter: is that really a worthwhile and time-tested one or somewhat redundant? It would seem that the numbers would naturally fall into certain positions a majority of the time anyway. But having not really looked into it other than a superficial skim through, I do not know.

 

[Snides]

Can't understand why you couldn't get the filtering to work on the wheeler.. and ya, there are different types of wheels, full wheels, gaurantee wheels, filter wheel i suppose you'd call them.. and maybe many others, who knows..

the position filter? I find it redundant.. but then.. maybe all the other filters are redundant and just the position filter should be used? hmmm... ? now there's a possibility.. but even if it is redundant.. if it pulls out a few thousand bad combo's and leaves just good ones, then mayhaps it's worthwhile..

 

[mirage]

Can't understand why you couldn't get the filtering to work on the wheeler.. and ya, there are different types of wheels, full wheels, gaurantee wheels, filter wheel i suppose you'd call them.. and maybe many others, who knows..

the position filter? I find it redundant.. but then.. maybe all the other filters are redundant and just the position filter should be used? hmmm... ? now there's a possibility.. but even if it is redundant.. if it pulls out a few thousand bad combo's and leaves just good ones, then mayhaps it's worthwhile..

Hello Snides,

I will try your wheel again when I have more time. (I probably didn't give myself enough time to play around with it.) Thanks again! It is a cool wheel.

Re: position filter. good points - yes, but if just the position fitler then the multitudes. so No! No! Not just the position fitler, please...! The filters we previously discussed are good.

(This could be a really awesome lotto program!)



I'm rushing around today - have to try to pull together some combos to play for the weekend in between other preparations for wedding/trip...

 

[mirage]

(Originally posted by Snides)

as for all the settings for the filters, it will be difficult to know the best setting untill they are all in place and we can see how low the combinations can go without the filters interferring with each other.. I may not get much time in the next couple days to work on it though. I have a funeral to go to tomorrow, which could tie up my time for most of the day..

Hello Snides,

Haven't seen you on the board for a while.

Touching base as they say - how are things coming along?
Can you "ball park" as to when anything might be ready?

Even if you just posted something to check combos for their sum of skip value and only that, it would be useful.
However a whole new filtering progrgam, the whole enchilada, would be nice too...

- If this thread is stale and there is no response, I will start a new thread after a while.

thanks!

 

[Snides]

Hey.. ya, been ahwile since i spent any time on here.. havn't worked on the program much lately either.. been kinda busy repairing some stairs and staining my deck.. and still have a bit to go yet..

I will try to work on it some this week, and could have something useable by you by the end of the week, or a completly finished and ready to use filtering and whole program ready within 2 weeks, if not sooner..

I havn't forgotten about you I will get this done soon..

 

[mirage]

...I will try to work on it some this week, and could have something useable by you by the end of the week, or a completly finished and ready to use filtering and whole program ready within 2 weeks, if not sooner..

I havn't forgotten about you I will get this done soon..

Fabulous!!!

 

[Snides]

Hey, I'm still working on yer program, I've got a spot for you to enter 6 numbers to check the skip sum total for the first future draw, and I'm starting to add the filters in.

I just did a test run for the last 6/49 draw, looking for a skip sum total of 24 and using min/max decade filters to match exactly what happened in the last draw. I left in the must have a repeat and one set of consecutives feature (which I will be changing to something pretty cool). The results were 995 draws that fit into the very tight filters, and it manage to capture a 5 number win, plus many 3 and 4 number wins. I realize it would be rather difficult to nail all the filters to exactly what the future will hold, but since I've only added the one user modifiable filter so far, and the results are so good, I think we could have a very nice little program forming here

I also have to add a way for you to update all the draws yourself, but that won't be too difficult. Once that is in I can let you start playing with it, or you can wait for the finished product and you'll be blown away!

 

[mirage]

Hey, I'm still working on yer program, I've got a spot for you to enter 6 numbers to check the skip sum total for the first future draw, and I'm starting to add the filters in.

I just did a test run for the last 6/49 draw, looking for a skip sum total of 24 and using min/max decade filters to match exactly what happened in the last draw. I left in the must have a repeat and one set of consecutives feature (which I will be changing to something pretty cool). The results were 995 draws that fit into the very tight filters, and it manage to capture a 5 number win, plus many 3 and 4 number wins. I realize it would be rather difficult to nail all the filters to exactly what the future will hold, but since I've only added the one user modifiable filter so far, and the results are so good, I think we could have a very nice little program forming here

I also have to add a way for you to update all the draws yourself, but that won't be too difficult. Once that is in I can let you start playing with it, or you can wait for the finished product and you'll be blown away!

Snides:
What can I say....? I don't know how many people have been following this thread but I think there have been a lot....
- - 995 "draws" is pretty darn good actually, (relatively) and this is only with a few filters so far....

Sure, if you can post a program that would let me update all the draws myself that would be great. Actually for me that might be preferable. As for the finished product, if this works as well as you think it will, I, and I think I can safely say on behalf of the rest of persons on this board, will be quite interested at least, and those of us who actually win as a result of successfully using your program, eternally gratefully.
I/(we) eagerly anticipate the finished product.
I am very aware that you don't have to do be doing this and to follow through is extremely generous/altruistic.



Btw, (maybe should wait for completion before asking)-what would be the best way to make available?

 

[Snides]

when it is ready for distribution, I will post a link to a place where you can download it and I will provided limited instructions on here along with that link. Most of it will be easy to understand and hopefully won't require any instruction. The only things that will need to be done are placing the 2 files in the exact location that I tell you to put it, which will likely be in a folder called c:\snides or maybe I'll set it up for a document folder, or programs folder, but putting in into the root under snides seems easier to me

Actually, a lot of the ideas i'm going to use on this program, i havn't put into my wheeler program yet, but they certainly will make their way to that program as well.. and once it is updated I'll post a link to the new version of that as well..

The first version i make available will be kinda like a beta version. There may be some bugs, mostly just error-trapping events.. like if you punch in 0 to 2 as a filter but end up punching in 0 to w then the program will likely crash and you'll hafta start all over.. but i'm trying to enter error-traps for everything..

Still not sure when the first one will be ready.. probably by the weekend.

 

[Snides]

G'day... I added a few more filters into this program tonight.. shouldn't be too long before it's done.. and I had a little fun testing it..

I know this would be next to impossible to do, but let's say you picked a skip sum total of 41 for the last 6/49 draw. Then you picked filters and set them to the following;

odd - 2 to 4

1-9 - 1
10-19 - 1
20-29 - 0
30-39 - 3
40-49 - 1
min 4 decades, max 4 decades (one decade missing, obviously not needed based on above filters)

numbers from last 5 draws - min 5, max 5
spread of line 35 to 37
must have 1 consecutive
allow up to 1 repeat

After setting all those filters, you would be left with 9 tickets, and you would have won: 1 jackpot prize, 5 4# wins, and 1 3# win

Another thing to note is that using those filters, if you didn't pick the skip sum total of 41, and just used all the combinations that the program created with those filters, you would only have 876 tickets to buy, and you would win a lot more than listed above!

 

[michael168]

Hi! Snides,
Do you receive my email?
From this post it seems you have receive my email because you have change the odd/even to odd - 2 to 4

How about my other proposal? Waiting to see your finished product. Can you modify your wheeler.exe as well? I like to have a copy of it if it is possible.

Regards,
Michael.

G'day... I added a few more filters into this program tonight.. shouldn't be too long before it's done.. and I had a little fun testing it..

I know this would be next to impossible to do, but let's say you picked a skip sum total of 41 for the last 6/49 draw. Then you picked filters and set them to the following;

odd - 2 to 4

1-9 - 1
10-19 - 1
20-29 - 0
30-39 - 3
40-49 - 1
min 4 decades, max 4 decades (one decade missing, obviously not needed based on above filters)

numbers from last 5 draws - min 5, max 5
spread of line 35 to 37
must have 1 consecutive
allow up to 1 repeat

After setting all those filters, you would be left with 9 tickets, and you would have won: 1 jackpot prize, 5 4# wins, and 1 3# win

Another thing to note is that using those filters, if you didn't pick the skip sum total of 41, and just used all the combinations that the program created with those filters, you would only have 876 tickets to buy, and you would win a lot more than listed above!

 

[tomtom]

I wish somebody might explain any possible advantages here… After you match a skip of sums of 70 for example, which is possible only a couple times per year you continue to play a kind of a 6/70 lottery that produces many hundreds of thousands possible combinations…the first possible combination is (0,0,0,0,0,70) in this case.

 

[mirage]

Hello Snides:
Sounds awesome so far!

Also seems that one of the other board registrants was able to email you? How is this possible? I thought it was against the 6/49 Forum rules, unless you have a known freeware web site?

 

[Snides]

Michael, I have no idea what you're talking about, i did not receieve any email from you, unless you sent those emails about mortgages being at their lowest rate ever..

Tomtom, no it's not a 6/70 lottery, it's 6/49.. The program goes through allt 13.9+ million combinations and basically just filters out bad combinations.. "bad" is determined by the settings you use (or don't use) for the filters. The main filter in this case is skip sum total, because that is what Mirage wanted, so that is how it all started..

Mirage, thanks, it is a pretty neat program.. sorry to say it may not be ready for you till tuesday though.. having a busy weekend.. and as for people emailing me, no, that michael guy is trying to pull your leg

 

[tomtom]

Tomtom, no it's not a 6/70 lottery, it's 6/49.. The program goes through allt 13.9+ million combinations and basically just filters out bad combinations.. "bad" is determined by the settings you use (or don't use) for the filters. The main filter in this case is skip sum total, because that is what Mirage wanted, so that is how it all started..

Well, I know it’s a 6/49 lottery, but…my main concern was ending number of lines. Your wheeler was an outstanding program, and I am sure that this new one will be great, too.. As I said, my main concern is ending number of lines despite any filters or strategy, and I wish you may latter take a look at the tread -Any software,code, or algorithm…Since you are a programming expert, hope you may do something in future regarding that matter…

 

[mirage]

Hello Snides,

Cool!

(Looks like others seeing a good thing want your attention also, therefore.)

 

[Snides]

not sure what you're asking Tomtom.. but I'll read through this thread again when I have time.. I should be done this program soon, and then you can try it and see what it does.. then we can discuss your idea.

 

[tomtom]

not sure what you're asking Tomtom.. but I'll read through this thread again when I have time.. I should be done this program soon, and then you can try it and see what it does.. then we can discuss your idea.