Your welcome Wiltay. glad to hear you liked it DD
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Vtracs basics reviewed: Learning VTRACS Forward and Backward
Forward: Vtracs are a group of digits (1,2,3,4,5) for numerical simplification of the drawn digits in a pick 3 or pick 4 game. We substitute the digits from a draw with Vtrac digits. All 1000 combinations of a pick 3 can be reduced to 125 Vtracs. Those 125 Vtrac combinations can be reduced to 35 Vtracs where the Vtrac is represented in it’s basic boxed fashion (we eliminate the repeats e.g. v123, v132, v213, v231, v312, v321 is represented as just v123) . See the coloring book I made of the 35 Vtracs earlier for a pretty picture. It is a Bell curve. Not a natural distribution, but a bell curve nevertheless.
Backward: This substitution provides a playing number set that can include up to eight different boxed sets to play. Wouldn’t you like to have just eight boxed sets to pick from? How about four? Read on!
Forward: Here is the Vtrac substitution chart:
Vtrac equals digit drawn
V1 0,5
V2 1,6
V3 2,7
V4 3,8
V5 4,9
A little practice: 555 is drawn in Hometown USA. What is the Vtrac? Look at the digit drawn column and go down until you find the digit 5. We see digit 5 and digit 0 equal Vtrac digit 1. So 555 = V111. What is the Vtrac equivalent for 123? Answer is at the bottom of the post.
Backward:
What else does V111 represent in three number sets that can be bet on? What are all the combinations (a,b,c,d,e,f)?
By position of each Vtrac digit:
(a=0, b=5) {c=0, d=5} [e=0, f=5]
V1=(0 or 5) + V1= {0 or 5} + V1= [0 or 5]
ace=000
acf=005
ade=050
adf=055
Bce=500
Bcf=505
Bde=550
Bdf=555
Notice that from the eight combinations we have some repeats. We can ignore the repeats if we think that V111 is going to hit and instead of playing 8 combinations from Vtrac 111, we play 000, 005, 055, and 555. Vtrac V123 would translate to eight sets of three digits- NO repeats. Remember this is a substitution method. You will need to be able to convert Vtracs forward and backward comfortably to work with them in your studies. Even if you have a Platinum membership! Sorry, no short-cuts.
To get the handle of Vtracs, try doing some of your own conversions at home. Learn how to do them forward and backward. It is not hard and a little practice gets the idea well established. I always have my conversion chart handy so I don’t substitute the wrong Vtrac digit. Sorry, no short-cuts.
I like quarter-ruled graph paper to work on. Make some columns and have one for date, the digits drawn (in their drawn order) and have a column for Vtracs. Convert a whole month’s draws to get Vtrac translations down and build some noodle networks so you can think Vtracs with ease. Then do two more months and the current month and examine it. The graph paper makes for easy reading and neatness. If you see a pattern, it will present itself better on graph paper. There will be a follow-up where you will learn more. Sorry, no short-cuts. You don’t need Vtracs from other states unless you will play there. Use a pencil and think about getting a nice eraser.
If anyone thinks this is off topic or too bloggy, just say so. Please do not post your practice here, check your own work for errors. If you have problems understanding the HOW, reread this post ten times before you ask for help. That way unnecessary posts that can confuse readers are prevented. This takes your mental efforts and there are no short-cuts to substitute for that. Follow-up post in two weeks. No kidding! No short-cuts!
DD
123=v234