I have done one test session with the Fantasy 5 lottery on Sunday and missed all 5. I was considering tossing the pick-6 and going to Fantasy 5. Heck, after hitting 4 out of 5 and not even trying, I was a little shaken.

When I investigated the Fantasy 5, I realized that it plays every day. I would have to do a receiving session every morning and a transmission session every night. Ok, winning $50k for a 5 out of 5 and doing an hour's work a day is not so bad, right? I don't think I can afford to skip days or play only once a week. The "temporal swamp" would swallow me. Too many numbers. It requires intense discipline to focus only on that day's numbers and do it over again the next day. It's hard to do twice a week as it is with the pick-6. At least I can wait 24 hours between receiving and transmitting.

There is no way I an do both at the same time. I think I'll stay on the pick-6, unless I get another one of those random hits on the Fantasy 5 without asking for it. I'll take that as a hint from the universe.

My new approach of playing a quick pick with every set will give me a good comparison sample, something to set the record. I will also have to make the spreadsheet compute a running total of the random versus achieved results so I see if I am really ahead of the curve, or if I am just kidding myself.

Out of the 14 consecutive drawings since I have started the experiment, I have had at least 1 hit in 10 of those drawings, and I only play one line. That seems way better than I ever did in the past - but I did not keep records to that effect then. Another month and I will know much more.