Original Blog Entry: Yesterday was the halfway point of the last free week...

hypersoniq — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:54:48 GMT

Nothing yet.

As I proceed with the PA Lottery Results RSS feed scraper, it looks like I have to manually update the big game files to within a few weeks to make it work... that is a pain, but... needs to be done. I am also exploring using their website, as you can get a whole year at once. This would be more powerful help for catching up on the games that were not updated in a long time. Why does PA have to stay in the stone age by NOT having an API? It is MUCH easier to extract data using JSON.

I am committed to this current system through December 31... already know it will cost $252 ($14 18 weeks). With 3 draws left on the free play, there is still a chance to avoid any of that being out of pocket, but in the most likely outcome, it would still be one straight hit in those 18 weeks that could erase the expense, or 7 $40 box hits...

Markov Decision Process using a reward system is looking to be quite an undertaking... I do not yet have even a flowchart together for the process... BUT, I can output the data to multiple files (one for the model data and one with the individual digits and their features), so that is a start for the MDP script, know your input. The next step is to know your process and finally to know your output. I know the first and last...

Moving slowly forward, but still moving forward!... [ More ]