Frenchie
The suggest button uses a algorithm to predict the best possible range based on the history, I guess it
is doing what it is suppose to because it almost always returns the top two hitting values. Some times
the values will be different but most of the time not. The problem with predicting a value for a random
event is you can come up with many good choices depending on how much data is used. One data set
may point to one value and another will point to something else. If we knew which one to use we could
hit all the time.
When you find yourself faced with not being able to make a decision then go with what happens most our
skip it by setting it wide open and move on. The top hitting values are the top hitting for a reason. The best
choice no matter what the history is will always be the top hitting ones. If you had a bag with 10 marbles 7
green and 3 blue and were asked to predict which color a single random sample would be then which color
would you choose. The random sample might be blue several times in a row but in the long run the green
are going to show very close to 7 out of 10 selections regardless of the history. I have been using DM for a
long time and cam't remember the last time I got zero returns. Durning the first run never set any filter to
a single value for low and hi ranges. The digits and groups are really the only ones that require playing or
blocking and then only use what you feel are good selections. When I first set my filters I kind of leave them
wide like DO = 0/2. I do all the filters that I play in this manner and sometimes I set them to 0/1 or 1/2 but
not until I make my first setup and do a test run. Depending on the sets returned I then may pick another
digit or group to block or play or I will go to my favorite filters and close them down a little. I do a test run
each time to see the responce it has on the total lines produced. I never have to open my selections to get
more lines, I have to close them up to reduce. For my P-5 first run I am looking for 300 to 2000 lines. It
is from this point that I work down. If I set everything to the values I think will hit and only get 100 to 250
then I don't touch anything else but move to the RSG or RAC option to reach my play sets. The most likely
cause of a zero sets returned run is a filter set to a single value.
When I told everyone to try hit filters with a single value I did not mean to play single values. Only in the most
extreme cases will I set one or maybe two filters to single values but have to have some very good supporting
data before I will go that route. Hitting the suggest button as the first step works well then go through the
filters one at a time and make small adjustments. Most of the time for my games I only have to go up one or
down one from the suggested values. It's more like making rough settings then tweeking them.
Run many after the fact setups trying to get in the target range of 150 to 300 lines, It does not matter if the
winning set is in the returns just do it to learn what's needed to reach that range. Try and focus on the groups
and digits as the power filters and the rest as a kind of fine tunning option. You will not hit your group and digit
selections all the time, but on the days you do the prizes will be there. Even if you have to set all the upper
digits to 0/1 and a few to 0/2 it will help but hunt for the ones that you think can be blocked of played, The same
thing applies to the groups, you may not be able to block or play some of them and leave them set to wild but you
can still set limits on how many numbers can come from a group. If you think that TG=5 then set the X value
to (1) for each group excepth for the ones you have blocked. If you feel a group might provide two of the winning
numbers then set that group to 2. The X option does not block or put into play it just limits how many numbers
can come from that group. If it is set to 2 it means that 0, 1 or 2 numbers from that group can hit. This does not
have the same effect as blocking or playing but it does help reduce.
Thihs is getting long so I will close.
RL