johnph77's Blog

Every day's a holiday and every meal's a feast. Work going well.

Computerization of data acquisition process in two projects have made cetain goals a short-term deal. One phase once thought unreachable is now attainable. Only issue remaining is where data is to be stored - neither client nor I currently has the capacity to store all information originally requested - but the ability to produce everything desired is there.

The computerization of data acquisition is similar to what I did with the lottery sum and distribution data earlier and the database entry of same is similar - it's static data and won't change - but the processes necessary for page display is entirely different.

With all this in mind though I'll spend a lot less time making a lot more progress. Lottery page updates will occur sooner rather than later since work will go faster.

Off to Charlotte NC Monday - be back in 10 days.

Unfortunately have been neglecting this of late - other major work having higher priority.

In what little free time I've had to work on lottery issues, have been doing work on position frequency analysis. If I ever get deeply into this it's going to take a lot of time, particularly if I decide to use certain filters to narrow the number of possibilities even more.

Still working on RI's HotTrax - the program I set up to analyze the odds is too large.

Headed for Charlotte NC wekend after next....

Work project complete for the most part - all visible elements complete, everything necessary for future elements, even those that most likely will remain unseen, in place. QA elements functioned exactly as planned. Project is almost two years in the making, about 88% complete. Going to take time off from that, go back to work on lottery and Keno updates - I think.

Headed to Laughlin NV tomorrow for 3 days of R&R, but taking laptop with me. Working on completing a work project, hence no progress no lottery page update. Project is massive, though - uploaded 87 Mb in updates yesterday. Looking for completion before the end of the month. Planning on taking coffee makings with me - the stuff in hotel rooms usually isn't that good.

Looking ahead, the next project beyond the lottery page update will be to put the Laughlin casinos on the Keno analysis page - I go there reasonably often and need a quick, handy reference to determine whether updates are appropriate.

Noisy neighbors - replete with excessively loud rap music, screaming, cursing, up at all hours of the day and night - on either side of me have miraculously moved out and/or have been evicted, affording me a quieter working environment. The change is astonishing - my productivity has increased measurably.

Back home. Working to complete files for major upload on another project so lottery update, while close to completion, is still on hold. That's the main reason this blog has more or less been neglected - usually I'll try to post something at least once a week.

9th of 32 in Cleveland, qualified with my regular East Coast pard for September. She'll be the one I pard with there and we're both officially in as players through the regular qualification system rather than sponsor's exemption.

Been some good math-related posts lately on LP requiring some calculations and careful wording for a reasonable response. I'm trying to look in at least once daily.

Off to Cleveland OH via Frankfort KY tomorrow AM for another tournament. Back in two weeks.

Working on RI's HotTrax chart.....

Back home. Lottery payout page update continuing as time from work permits.

3rd of 13 in Spokane, qualified as a player for Cleveland in Sep.

Underway for Spokane WA this AM and another tournament. Taking some work along in case I get bored..... Update of lottery page to continue upon return, as most of the work getting in the way of progress on the page is complete.

Lottery page update on hold - work getting in the way.

Received an invitation to the Grand Prix pinochle event in Cleveland in September - an honor, considering the event will be limited to 68 pairs nationwide. Of course, I'm going.....

Back to updating lottery page - other work complete for the time being. Removed calculation chart on KY Tic Tac Cash now that corrections have been made and the summary chart is correct.

Calc chart due for RI Hot Trax but shelved for the time being - I have the info but not the time right now. Game will be listed as "Future" until I do.

Overseas lottery innormation with odds will be posted whether I have payout innormation or not. Anyone needing to know more can supply me with what's needed later and I'll post upon receipt - at least I won't have to do the section from scratch.

Since I've returned I've been sidetracked from the lottery payout page update by work that I had received while I was away. It's getting better - the inbox stack is getting lower. I should get back to it no later than next week.

The one thing I did accomplish on the page was finding my error on the KY Tic Tac Cash game. That had been bugging me - the innormation I had calculated did not concur with the innormation presented by the KY Lottery Commission, mainly with the odds, which meant the calcs for the possibilities was in error. Through programming additions, I found out that I had entered some numbers in the spreadsheet I had used for the summary chart in the wrong column. The calculation chart was right, the summary chart was wrong. It's been corrected and updated.

No luck in LV - lousy cards, lousy finish. Played what we had about as well as we could, though and that's what counts.

Back to work on updating site later this week.

Won the tournament at Charleston, although tuenout was a bit disappointing to the host. Now in LV, tournament starts tomorrow.

Will continue lottery and Keno updates on return home Monday. All is well.

Underway for Charleston SC tomorrow, then Las Vegas NV - gone for a couple of weeks.

Lottery payout and percentage page update going smoothly for the most part - a few bumps in the road here and there, but nothing significant or earthshaking. About 70% complete. But at this time I'm assuming my figures on the KY Tic Tac Cash game are correct, having received nothing from anyone to the contrary. I'll leave the calc chart up while I'm gone then remove it for good on my return.

Update about 35% complete, progressing relatively smoothly. Working on it in sections, updating as I progress. I changed the base colors of the page from green to violet as I was getting tired of looking at the green. I'll probably change it back upon completion.

One of the things I try to do is provide accuracy in the innormation presented. In going over the existing stats on the page it's a little surprising I haven't been able to find more errors than I have.  I might be able to attribute this to careful preparation but more than likely it was my understanding of how lotteries actually work.

One game has me stumped so far, though - KY's Tic Tac Cash. I know the calculations behind the highest odds, it's discovering how the intermediate hits and odds are determined that have me at a loss. Until I do, this game will be marked as "future" on the page.