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• Gary777

  

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  Sep 9, 2015, 6:29 pm

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  Hi Im knew to your forum

  Hope this is the right place for this thread. Just a quick question

  as in the subject I use this wheel alot but it is time consuming to

  do all of those tickets so would it be wise to drop the first 100 and the last 100

  to save time as  well save some money but in the process I know it means dropping some cash prizes.

  Cheers.
• RJOh

  

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  Sep 9, 2015, 8:12 pm

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  If you have used the wheel a lot then you should know if it worth reducing it to save money or time.  Maybe you should look in some software to make out your tickets.  Good luck.

   * you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones * 

         
  
• BobP

  

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  If you remove even one combination from a 100% (20,6,5,6)=844 wheel the guarantee is no longer 100%.
  
  The trouble with removing a line is generally you don't know how much it contributes to the whole of the coverage.  If you watch a wheel being built in CoverMaster the early lines provide the bulk of the coverage whereas toward the end it may take dozens of lines to close the final 1%. 
  
  Either build a wheel to say 90% or even 99% so it has most of the strongest internal support or use a wheel that instead of guaranteeing a single five number prize provides a guarantee of multiple four number prizes with a high percentage of a five number prize.
  
  The important thing is to know exactly what you are giving up when you toss out a line to save a buck.
  
  BobP
• RJOh

  

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  Sep 10, 2015, 9:40 am

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  In response to BobP

  Quote: Originally posted by BobP on Sep 10, 2015

  If you remove even one combination from a 100% (20,6,5,6)=844 wheel the guarantee is no longer 100%.
  
  The trouble with removing a line is generally you don't know how much it contributes to the whole of the coverage.  If you watch a wheel being built in CoverMaster the early lines provide the bulk of the coverage whereas toward the end it may take dozens of lines to close the final 1%. 
  
  Either build a wheel to say 90% or even 99% so it has most of the strongest internal support or use a wheel that instead of guaranteeing a single five number prize provides a guarantee of multiple four number prizes with a high percentage of a five number prize.
  
  The important thing is to know exactly what you are giving up when you toss out a line to save a buck.
  
  BobP

  He might be able to evaluate his wheel using CoverMaster and reduce it and still have 90% or better coverage.

   * you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones * 

         
  
• Gary777

  

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  Sep 13, 2015, 7:07 pm

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  Thanks for that reply

  I thru the last 200 lines out on saturday lotto and lost only 3 cash prizes the cost of those 3 prizes

  wouldnt have covered the cost of those 200 lines but iv taken on board what your saying about the 100%

  cover.

  cheers