For what it's worth:

A wheel to guarantee a minimum of one 3# prize in a 6/49 game requires at least 163 lines for a split wheel consisting of a 22,6,3,3,77 and a 27,6,3,4,86 wheel placed side by side.  A straight up build without splitting the fields would take about 300 lines. 

Code for wheels, first number is the Pool size, second is Ticket or Play size, third is Prize or Match size, forth is Hits winning numbers in our Pool to guarantee Prize, fifth is how many lines it takes to do it. 

CoverMaster can make the first in seconds, takes skill to make the second in that size.  Free older version 54 of CoverMaster can be found at http://www.lotto-logix.com/wheellinks.html download the zip and extract to a directory such as C:\CM54  The link to the newest CoverMaster 55.2 is a password protected zip, the author John Rawson requires you join eBayUK (free) to get the password, but v54 does most of what v55.2 does except for auto-restarts of the Optimization process.

The main thing with CoverMaster is you can copy and paste these lines you're posting into it and see what percentage of coverage you're getting with all those lines.  Funny thing with wheels is it takes almost a third of the wheel to close the cover, so with 100 lines you can have anywhere from under 70% to 98% coverage of 3if6in49.  There is no reason you can't be winning 8 times out of 10 or better.

A wheel to guarantee at least a 4# prize in 6/49 takes a wheel of at least 3,980 lines.  BobP

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on September 26, 2004

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 FILE NAME
 LOTSOUTH    318    09/25/04    01 20 28 36 38 41
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 LS092204      85    09/22/04    01 03 09 38 39 41
                        83    09/22/04    01 28 33 36 42 48
                        72    09/22/04    01 15 18 20 41 43
                        24    09/22/04    06 20 25 28 36 38

LA, check my file again, I show that line #24 matched 4 which paid $90 in Kentucky.  That would put my random file ahead of both of you.

RJOh

P.S. Those match 3's were worth $5 on the Kentucky website, which would put my payout at $105 for $200 spent.   
         

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25th Lotto South winning number¡¡
 01 20 28 36 38 41 ¡¡
 ¡¡
¡ñjackpot      0 ¡Á 1000000 =    0 ¡¡
¡ñ5 of 6      0 ¡Á  1500 =    0 ¡¡
¡ñ4 of 6      1 ¡Á    100 =  100 ¡¡
¡ñ3 of 6      3 ¡Á      5 =    15 ¡¡
 ¡¡
¡ñWON          $ 115 ¡¡
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100 lines of prediction¡¡
 07 12 15 30 48 49  match0           
 04 08 20 23 31 39  match1           
 05 13 17 25 29 42  match0           
 10 18 24 27 32 37  match0           
 16 19 28 33 34 44  match1           
 01 06 11 14 43 45  match1           
 02 03 09 22 36 47  match1           
 21 35 38 40 41 46  match2           
 25 27 35 39 47 48  match0           
 12 14 19 20 24 26  match1           
 03 05 07 11 26 28  match1           
 08 09 21 37 42 43  match0           
 06 10 16 17 23 40  match0           
 22 29 30 32 33 38  match1           
 02 04 13 34 41 45  match1           
 01 03 12 18 25 31  match1           
 08 14 15 22 28 35  match1           
 11 16 18 20 42 48  match1           
 17 37 39 41 44 49  match1           
 07 13 31 33 40 47  match0           
 04 06 09 15 19 27  match0           
 05 32 36 43 44 46  match1           
 21 23 26 29 34 36  match1           
 06 20 25 28 36 38  match4            4 of 6
 03 15 23 24 33 41  match1           
 10 11 13 21 30 39  match0           
 14 31 32 34 40 42  match0           
 16 26 27 30 35 43  match0           
 09 10 12 29 38 44  match1           
 02 05 08 17 24 47  match0           
 01 04 22 37 48 49  match1           
 04 09 14 18 30 36  match1           
 18 23 38 43 47 48  match1           
 08 11 25 27 32 41  match1           
 06 16 24 39 45 46  match0           
 05 12 22 31 35 45  match0           
 07 15 19 21 28 42  match1           
 03 07 17 19 20 34  match1           
 01 10 13 26 29 49  match1           
 33 37 40 45 46 49  match0           
 10 19 22 28 37 39  match1           
 05 06 12 21 27 48  match0           
 04 13 14 17 43 47  match0           
 09 20 25 34 35 45  match1           
 02 18 23 24 29 40  match0           
 02 07 16 31 36 46  match1           
 01 03 30 33 44 46  match1           
 11 15 26 32 38 42  match1           
 01 02 08 41 44 49  match2           
 04 12 14 16 32 45  match0           
 03 08 10 31 40 43  match0           
 17 18 20 30 33 39  match1           
 06 19 21 22 41 47  match1           
 13 24 36 37 38 44  match2           
 15 23 27 28 34 48  match1           
 06 14 24 29 42 44  match0           
 07 11 18 36 39 43  match1           
 03 04 23 25 26 40  match0           
 05 09 11 16 17 33  match0           
 12 25 30 32 37 42  match0           
 15 20 21 26 31 35  match1           
 07 08 10 19 27 35  match0           
 22 29 34 41 46 48  match1           
 02 13 28 38 47 49  match2           
 02 11 25 37 45 48  match0           
 07 09 12 17 27 28  match1           
 05 10 33 35 38 49  match1           
 02 19 24 30 32 39  match0           
 03 06 09 13 21 44  match0           
 01 04 29 40 45 47  match1           
 05 14 22 26 42 46  match0           
 01 15 18 20 41 43  match3            3 of 6
 05 20 22 23 25 44  match1           
 04 08 12 15 36 40  match1           
 06 09 26 28 33 43  match1           
 08 23 29 35 37 46  match0           
 10 16 24 36 41 42  match2           
 11 17 31 34 46 47  match0           
 16 19 30 31 45 48  match0           
 07 14 21 27 34 38  match1           
 06 17 27 29 31 49  match0           
 02 04 11 20 32 35  match1           
 01 28 33 36 42 48  match3            3 of 6
 12 13 23 30 34 43  match0           
 01 03 09 38 39 41  match3            3 of 6
 07 10 14 15 25 39  match0           
 16 26 37 40 44 47  match0           
 03 08 21 22 24 49  match0           
 13 18 19 32 45 49  match0           
 09 13 24 26 39 48  match0           
 02 05 18 28 34 37  match1           
 17 18 22 40 44 45  match0           
 01 16 21 23 32 33  match1           
 04 10 20 30 42 46  match1           
 03 11 14 19 29 47  match0           
 02 12 15 25 43 46  match0           
 02 18 26 31 33 41  match1           
 05 12 14 37 41 49  match1           
 05 07 20 21 23 47  match1           
 10 24 28 31 40 46  match1           

RJOh,

Trance is correct.  You won $115.00 on 09/25/04 instead of $105.00.  Good job.

Trance,

Thanks for catching the $10.00 oversight....

John - LA

since RJOH's random picks have hit 4 one time,it would be almost impossible to hit 4 again in the next 3 draws.

We will see......

I am more concerned with how well you and I do with our system picks.  LOL

Good luck.....

John - LA

L.A.,

I've been reading yours and Trance's posts in another thread and I had hoped this test would continue as planned.  As I expressed in my PM to you, Trance of Iowa acted and posted like the Goose of China and with his style of posting he would expose his real identity and lose his member status.  I see he is now only a guess.  I had hoped one of you would prove that numbers picked using a thoughtfully designed system would do better than the dumb luck of an equal amount of randomly picked numbers but I assume now the test has ended unless you continue to post.  Dumb luck beats the systems and the Goose from China is out. 

RJOh

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on September 22, 2004

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Trance,

You're starting to sound like a former Lottery Post member that went by the names Lotto King, Goose,  Desperado and others.  He also claimed to know some lottery secrets and posted a lot of BS that proved nothing.  Time will tell if you are any different.

RJOh

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Lotto King, Goose, Desperado and etc. had his act together for two months until he restarted his old habits on Sept 22.  Then it was just a matter of time before he was outed.  You would think he would get smarter over time.

RJOh

Lottery Analyst,

Glad to hear you plan to continue to post for all six drawings.  I'm a system player too and I prefer to think that a player that picks his numbers with a thoughtful strategy has an edge on the players that pick their numbers randomly.  Good luck to you and I'm sure our guest Trance(Goose) will be watching the results also.

RJOh 

Hi RJOh and Trance,

Sorry I did not post my numbers tonight.  I did not have time.  I just got home from my class about 15 minutes ago.  I will definitely post numbers for Saturday's drawing.

Good Luck.

Thanks,

John - LA

 FILE NAME
 LOTSOUTH      319    09/29/04    13 15 30 35 39 40
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 LS092204        26      09/22/04    10 11 13 21 30 39

L.A.,
Tonight, the random file only matched 3.  Since Trance is only a guest and can no longer post, you'll be the only one posting numbers.  Good luck to you.

RJOh

Hi RJOh,

Thanks for the info.  I will continue to post my predictions for the Lotto South drawings.  Hopefully I do better than I have so far. 

Thanks,

John - LA

RJOh,

I tried to get my numbers posted before 11:00pm but I had problems again.  I was in such a rush to post them that I did not have the time to sort them.  Since I did not get them posted until 11:04, this test set of numbers does not count.  I will try and post numbers for Wednesday.

Good luck

Thanks,

John - LA

RJOh,

I just glanced through your numbers and you would have won 4 of 6 at least once.  Looks like your random system is working well.  LOL

I will check your complete set later and my numbers just out of curiosity.

Thanks,

John - LA