So, going to try and play for the whole year. $14/wk budget. Cycle is 10 weeks (4 weeks of PA Match 6, 3 of pick 3 and 3 of pick 5), so that will be 5.2 complete cycles.

52 weeks @ $14 per is $728, so the expense is known. First week is the match 6, so the running tab is so far -$14

On the coding front, I made some big strides last year on creating my first GUI program for windows, so the 2026 goal is to finish the windows app, then recreate it for android. Time spent making sure the scripts were tested and flawless paid off so far in the app development, I do not see 100% functionality taking too much longer, it will probably take longer to make it look nicer. Taking time planning at early stages is making this a true framework, where any system I can imagine can be added in... only possible because I automated draw updates!

On the back burner...

1. Exploring vertical sums in the pick N games

2. Further development on the Markov Chain of followers, that will include planning a massive back test to check how many times each level of numbers matched per column... I am still uncertain how to even structure it.

3. Learning how to interpret all of this data I am generating, particularly in the area of using classification data and follower data together.

2025 ended up as a net loss of $185 and now that chapter is closed. Looking forward to the year and what all of the coding work might bring, there is huge learning potential, but a decent win would be a nice additional result.

Best of luck in all of your plans for this new year!