First of all, pick3forSC (hope the spelling's right), thank you for an excellent post...these are concrete things people can play around with and we appreciate the time you took to make that post.
Secondly, I just thought of an idea about 'multi state' bettors and this thread about making money as a group.
Trying to create a magic system combining all systems of such a large group of players is nearly impossible. But if you know that, for example, MemberX has been extremely hot in the state of IL for the last 30 days in the profit ratio in that state's Pick 3, their picks would be a good bet for that state; 'their system' is working in that state for unknown reasons It doesn't matter what system they are using, it is the fact that a system is going hot in a certain state at a given time in a given game. In other words, I'm looking at comparing individual results of 'systems' with the help of predictor ratio stats which are "indicators" of any individual system instead of compiling systems. We all know how streaky this game is with any given method of picking winning numbers in any given time period, state or game.
It would be cool if Todd could also have a separate "top ten" profit ratio ranking of ALL profit ratios for each and every game and state in the last 30 days with the state and game listed that the predictor's high profit ratio qualified them for the top ten; filtering by game type would also be cool.
I might run this idea by Todd in the Suggestions forum if there is any interest here.
Anyhow I'm just looking at an analytical, easy approach to making money for the group that plays multi states. I don't play other states but this post was directed towards those that do.
I might sound crazy (actually I am pretty much there) but for me, the true fun of this game is trying to come up with the winning number on my own, not the money won. I don't win oftenly enough or spend enough on the lottery for that to be an issue so the "eternal search" is my fun for playing the game. And when I win it is the personal satisfaction that makes my day and the money just adds to the fun. Many times I won $290 and spent $100 the rest of the day celebrating the win buying drinks for my friends at my favorite pub. Good times.
Happy Saturday and good luck to all players!