I haven't been around in a while but I'm still here. I've been playing the lottery daily in small doses, which is new to me. lol. As for my casino roulette, I haven't played since may of this year. I have been spending my time attending to family issues, that is taking care of my 10 year old son who suffers from severe anxiety and is having a lot of trouble as of late. No child should be robbed of the joy of being a kid and enjoying life. As a parent it is very difficult thing to watch your child suffer and no be able to quickly fix the situation. We are taking all the proper steps and getting him the care he needs but the day to day struggles are overwhelming. So please pray for my son and family as we go through this most difficult time. Take care and good luck to all.  fast eddie....

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Had this posted in the Pick Four forum but no one seems to look at that forum so I figured I might have better luck posting in my blog.

I am looking for a list of Pick Four combinations that haven't come in straight here in IL. since Pick four began or as far back as your lottery program has the results available. Can anyone help me with this list? you can post them in my P-4 thread or PM them to me. Thanks in advance. fast eddie

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I haven't played any Pick Three this year I am concentrating my efforts on Pick Four. Pick three was not profitable for me last year and do not like the small $500 payout for hitting a straight.. The only lottery game that has shown me a profit over the last few years has been Pick Four. $5,000 for hitting a dollar straight is a nice such a nice payout and it's money you can do somthing with, yeah like bankroll a year's worth of gambling. I know 10,000 to 1 odds are hard to beat but I have hit more Pick Four Straights than Pick Three Straights. I am looking for a multiple P-4 Straights this year. I had 11 three of four exact order last year but did not nab a single straight Pick Four win. I already have had 1 three of four exact order this year and think I'm on the right track and waiting patiently for my big payday. It will come and it's important that I have multiple dollars on it when it does. Good Luck & take care. fast eddie

Straight: This is simply matching all 3 numbers in the correct order and pays $500. The odds of getting each number correct is 1/10 so the probability of matching 3 is (1/10)³=1/1000. The expected return is $500*(1/1000) = $0.50 for a house edge of 50.0%.

3 way box: The player must choose two of one number and one of another, for example 5-5-7. If the same three numbers are drawn in the lottery, in any order, the player wins $160. There are combin(3,2)=3 winning combinations out of 1000 that will win (5-5-7, 5-7-5, 7-5-5). The probability of winning is 3/1000. The expected return is $160*(3/1000) = $0.48 for a house edge of 52%.

6 way box: The player must choose three different numbers, for example 4-6-8. If the same three numbers are drawn in the lottery, in any order, the player wins $80. There are 3!=6 winning combinations out of 1000 that will win (4-6-8, 4-8-6, 6-4-8, 6-8-4, 8-4-6, 8-6-4). The probability of winning is 6/1000. The expected return is $80*(6/1000) = $0.48 for a house edge of 52%.

 

With these high house odds if you can show any type of profit at years end you should consider yourself a winner.

Tried a 10 ball Lotto wheel (cost $5.00) that generates a minimum of 3 hits when all the balls appear within the set. Four of the six numbers drawn appeared within the set and gave me two lines with 4 hits on them paying $26.50 each and another two lines with three hits on them paying $3.00 each. Last year I played $5.00 per draw all year long using the method of cover all the numbers once with eight repeating numbers of my choice and this only yielded me one four ball hit, and now just days into the New Year i've hit two four ball hits all on one draw so this might be the way to play it. Only drawback is when i was covering all the numbers i would get that feeling after the draw that i might have won it, till i looked closely and said "Oh well better luck next time" as where with a small set you can pretty much glance and go, nope not tonight.

Last night the casino got me for $250. Here are the year end results, nuff said.

Total for the year: -$1,400

Winning sessions: 8

Losing sessions: 12

 

 

My number 4398 came in midday as 4998 and this evening my number 7459 came in as 7479. That makes ten 3 of 4 in exact order for the year and not one straight hit.  Just one straight hit for the year and I'd be showing a profit, but no dice.

Bad news my winning streak came to an end. Good news, I only lost -$75 on the evening. I was never up more than fifty and came back from down two hundred three times and could never get over the hump. So it was late and after playing for over four hours I gave it one last shot and ened up losing $75 bucks. I feel this night was kind of a mini win in a sense because I played for so long and realized it wasn't going to happen for me that night and I didn't force it and I left the casino to fight another day. Discipline and money management are very important keys to a sucessful trip to the casino.

Total for the year: -$1,150

winning sessions: 8

losing sessions: 11

 What a week. Just can't catch a break. I play 3725 here in IL. for two bucks straight and 3728 comes in. An then the very next drawing I play 4398 for three bucks straight and 4378 comes in.  So many near Pick Four starights this year. If I could just hit one. There's a few weeks left to the year I'll keep trying for that straight, I need it in order to show a profit for the year. Good Luck to all.

I was looking at my win/loss amount and comparing it to the hard copy of it in my gambling journal and between June and July I made a mistake in my accounting. An of course it had to be a loss that I made a mistake on, so I am down more than I thought. Here are the correct totals, sorry for the mistake.

Total for the year: - $1075

Winning sessions: 8

Losing sessions: 10

Can't wait till this Saturday when Michigan hopefully will kick some Ohio State butt.

GO BLUE!

 

These combinations have not hit straight or box in IL. in 2006. They are listed in no particular order.

2359

2368

2467

3479

3578

4679