Had I played the highest all neutral line in the last cycle, I would have caught the rare evening pick 3 hit...

Hindsight is always 20/20...

As much as it would be fun to take another crack at the Cash 4 Life on a pick 3 win between now and December 31st, my goal is to have the state pay for 2026. A $500 straight hit will cover 68% of the year, or 35 weeks.

2 hits still cover the whole 12 months of play with $272 left over. That would be enough to add a shot at the Cash 4 Life and cut that 2025 loss to under $150.

The reason I am so focused on a fully funded attempt next year is that any win, be it $2 on Match 6 or $50,000 on Pick 5 will be 100% profit!

But this is why I took the time to properly review the last cycle. Each iteration provides new information.

Phase 1 brings the sets down to the neutrals and about 300 or less possible combos.

Phase 2 presents 10 combos from HHH to CCC

What I will call Phase 3 is selecting just 1 of those 10 combos.

The selection process is similar for any game.

Other than winning, the goal of coding going forward is

1. Make all of the scripts into a desktop application

2. Convert that desktop app into a mobile app so I can update draws from anywhere and look at output without needing to be anchored to a traditional computer.

This project is no small undertaking, and will be in the works for many months. Keeping the draw histories as csv files will not even put a dent in the memory on this phone... it has as much memory on it as my initial hard drive on my laptop... 256 GB.

So from now through the end of 2026 the goals are set.

1. Win within the budget.

2. Develop the app so this party can go mobile.

3. Get a $50,000 pre tax hit so I can reward myself with a full year of LP Platinum membership.

Seems like a worthwhile pursuit. Win or lose, gaining the ability to engineer and develop both a desktop application AND a mobile application will be worth the time investment alone... gotta keep pushing past that comfort zone!