+ $300  playing roulette of course. I only played for two hours and then cashed out. I was tempted to risk a hundo of the winnings to see if i could break out big, but decided against it. Since I go to the casino almost every week it is important for me to take small wins and limit my loses. Disciplined play, that's my goal.  There's nothing worse than winning five hundo and going back the next week and dropping it back and a few more hundred to boot.

Total for the year: 2 visits/ +$100, up is up.

I know you can post almost anything here at L.P., hey it's a free country, live and let live and etc.. An I also know I don't have to read um or could choose to repond to them in a nice way but why should I give them respect they are only here to serve their own needs. So I've decided if I come across another bulls**t , disruptive, deceitful post I'm gonna have to respond to that thread and call that person out and in a not so nice way. I'm tired of seeing naive members sucked into people's nonsense and believe these jerks at face value. These few people bring down the integrity of this site and need to be taken to task. These type of threads are usually responded to by quality members asking legitimate questions about the topic, who I might add choose their responses carefully not to upset the poster, just to have the poster reply to the likes of 'I don't have to prove anything, or they avoid    questions and sometimes darn right lie. It must stop. So in taking my stand I might end up riding off into the sunset.....................

I am sticking to my three pick four combinations for the week. I am also saving lots of money by buying my combinations in advance for the week and staying out of my local convenience store. I miss playing pick three but never won large enough playing pick three to do anything but recycle my winnings. I'm sure I'll play pick three before the years end but right now I'm sitting on the sidelines waiting for the right opportunity. Good Luck this week. fast eddie.

I'm feeling better so I decided to go to my local casino for the first time this year and play a little roulette. I ended up losing $200. Roulette is my game of choice despite the high house edge. There's just somthing about the game I love. I go to my casino almost every week during the year and hope to update my blog weekly with the results and keep a +/- running total of my roulette play for the year.

Total for the year: -$200

I am laying off pick three again and I'm playing 3 combinations of pick four numbers this week. I also have not hit the casino yet this year. I think my energy has been zapped due to the fact I haven't been feeling well the last month. I finally broke down and went to the doctor and got some medicine so hopefully I'll be back to my old self real soon. Good Luck. fast eddie

I'm going to play the same two pick four combinations all week long here in IL. I am going to lay off of pick three for now. After looking at my lottery stats for last year I had 35 plus two of three digits in exact order, which of course doesn't pay but lead me to spend a lot more than I normally do thoughout the year chasing my tail only to end up with a few wins. So since 3 of 4 in exact order playing pick four is harder to come by and that's where I've won most of money the past few years and for the the pick four doesn't suck me in like pick three that's where I start the year off.  I will limit my pick three play to times when I feel I have the best opportunity to cash in. Good Luck.  fast eddie

I played 748 this evening in IL. and 348 came in.

So much for 2005.

Bring on 2006.

Draw Date	State	Game	Results
Tue, Nov 8, 2005			8-8-8
Tue, Nov 1, 2005			4-4-4
Sun, Sep 4, 2005			9-9-9
Sun, Jul 17, 2005			1-1-1
Fri, Jun 24, 2005	Illinois	Midday 3	1-1-1
Tue, Jun 21, 2005			8-8-8
Sat, Jun 11, 2005			3-3-3
Sun, May 8, 2005			4-4-4
Wed, Apr 20, 2005	Illinois	Midday 3	3-3-3
Mon, Mar 28, 2005			0-0-0
Thu, Jan 27, 2005	Illinois	Midday 3	1-1-1
Wed, Jan 12, 2005	Illinois	Midday 3	4-4-4

You would have ended with 12. If you played each number straight for a dollar all year. Ten dollars per draw times 13 draws per week x 52 weeks= $6,760 total cost. Amount won $500 X 12 wins= $6,000 won. For a loss of $760.00 for the year. This could be a positive result if you were playing online at that place and were getting paid $900 for a straight.

Last chance this year so I'm going to go out with style and play big this evening. I will also reset my wins and loses and start fresh for 2006. I did come out ahead this year thanks to that $5,000 pick four win. But I am going to look at all my money spent on various games and try to tailor my play to achieve maximum profit. Well Good Luck to all and Happy 2006.

I guess Rick just can't get that 825 to fall..............

For those who don't know 825 has not hit straight in IL. in over seven years.

Date range: Past Seven Years (Dec 22, 1998 - present)

2468 & 3579 have not hit straight in IL. in seven years. 

Date range: Past Seven Years (Dec 21, 1998 - present)

195 & 825 have not hit straight in seven years in IL..

http://wizardofodds.com/ 

Cool site, you can play some free games and learn about odds on your favorite casino games and it even has some lottery info. Check it out.

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Illinois (IL) Lottery Results

Game	Results	Draw Date	Days Played	Next Draw
Daily 3	4-9-2	Fri, Dec 9, 2005

 $240.00  I also won $500.00 playing Roulette Wednesday Night at my local casino.

 

Midday Pick 3 - Ways to Win
Mon, Dec 5 2005 is 1-5-8
Green Ball 4-3-7