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Thunderball (UK) - and the Future
Occasionally a request for information will catch my eye, probably because it fits within my areas of (so-called) expertise as far as lottery games and math is concerned. So be it here. Someone asked for an analysis on the UK Thunderball game (5/34+1/14 matrix, 3,895,584 possibilities), I picked it up and it quickly grew into a monster. The requestor wanted to know how many times (or what were the chances of) a rightmost n...
Aug 11, 2005, 7:33 pm - johnph77

Update to Formatting of GA Lottery Detailed Odds Pages + A Request for GA Scratcher Players
I've updated the formatting of each of the denomination pages of instant games that I've got detailed odds for on my Lotto Hideout . Each winning combination is listed on a separate line for (hopefully) easier reading. You may also notice that some winning combinations are in parentheses ( ) . These combinations are ones I thought could be possible, based on the prizes, number of times you c...
Jul 13, 2009, 11:00 pm - sorensonfan41

Tools that I use in this hobby
1. spread sheet! Ever since getting into this hobby going on 3 decades ago, the main go to tool for developing ideas has been and continues to be a spreadsheet. I use Microsoft Excel every day at work, but at home I use the free Open Office Calc spreadsheet... it does most of the same functions and formulas... and it's free. 2. Dia. This is a free program that lets you create both flowcharts for program flow AND entity relationship diagrams for data base wo...
Sep 28, 2025, 10:30 pm - hypersoniq