Coding issue... bonus balls.

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hypersoniq — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:14:36 GMT

In this way, the update version can use the last date in the csv file created with the build script, and just capture dates ahead of it... Will give the big game APIs a closer look tomorrow. Looks like I will need to register for an API key, but MUSL has both games as endpoints... did you know that the powerball data includes draw ordering of the balls

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hypersoniq — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:12:32 GMT

2 possible solutions present immediately... 1. Have a "bonus ball" version. Not ideal bjt if it works... 2. Write a smarter regex filter (regex = regular expression). I already have it dismissing text and only recording numbers, but it cuts off everything after the first text data. Works for skipping wild ball data, not so much for needed bonus ball data.

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hypersoniq — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 05:44:32 GMT

I have my build script down to a single function that works flawlessly for scraping the PA lottery website for the full histories of the following games...

Pick 2,3,4 and 5 mid and eve

Match 6, Cash 5, Treasure Hunt.

The issue... only able to grab the white balls from Cash 4 Life, Power Ball and Mega Millions.

Why? I used a regex to drop the non numeric data so I would skip storing the pick N wild ball data, and it was like using a chain saw where a scalpel was called for...

I need to come up with a way to not only read the bonus ball data, but to divert it to it's own csv file...

The diversion is the easier part.

Gotta spend some time on this... i am almost there with the build script, and if it works, the update script will be easy.... [ More ]