Fifty days ago on 10/21/03 I posted a review of
MasterMind-3. What if we played those 50 days?
The instructions recommend 20 to 30 past draws so I
entered the FL draws from 10/01/03 through 10/20/03.
320
711
955
726
968
316
025
071
279
311
505
893
886
506
418
305
644
400
502
069
If you have even one use left on the trial version
or own a copy feel free to follow along. You can copy
and Ctrl-V paste the history column into the A Wheel.
When the past draw count reached 30 I went back and
deleated the oldest 10 draws, this way the draw history
builds from 20 to 30 then starts over again at 20.
I used the A Wheel because it was first. Settings
checked HHH, HHL, HLL, LLL, OOO, OOE, OEE, EEE, Singles.
Date Number Win? Type Plays Play #
10/21 169 916 box 51 21/1
10/22 379 937 box 50 22/2
10/23 624 462 box 49 23/3
10/24 816 no no 48 24/4
10/25 840 no no 48 25/5
10/26 272 no no 48 26/6
10/27 932 932 S/box 48 27/7
10/28 315 315 S/box 47 28/8
10/29 638 no no 46 29/9
10/30 069 no no 46 30/10
10/31 204 no no 41 21/1
11/01 972 792 box 41 22/2
11/02 970 no no 40 23/3
11/03 269 692 box 40 24/4
11/04 412 421 box 39 25/5
11/05 117 no no 38 26/6
11/06 845 no no 38 27/7
11/07 112 no no 38 28/8
11/08 183 831 box 38 29/9
11/09 111 no no 37 30/10
11/10 023 032 box 45 21/1
11/11 415 no no 44 22/2
11/12 107 no no 44 23/3
11/13 748 874 box 43 24/4
11/14 396 no no 43 25/5
11/15 486 no no 43 26/6
11/16 971 no no 43 27/7
11/17 674 674 S/box 43 28/8
11/18 389 no no 42 29/9
11/19 858 no no 42 30/10
11/20 610 no no 58 21/1
11/21 720 no no 58 22/2
11/22 349 394 box 58 23/3
11/23 503 no no 57 24/4
11/24 623 623 S/box 57 25/5
11/25 161 no no 56 26/6
11/26 381 no no 56 27/7
11/27 888 no no 56 28/8
11/28 361 631 box 56 29/9
11/29 635 635 S/box 55 30/10
11/30 093 no no 45 21/1
12/01 286 no no 45 22/2
12/02 779 no no 45 23/3
12/03 670 no no 45 24/4
12/04 911 no no 45 25/5
12/05 042 no no 45 26/6
12/06 122 no no 45 27/7
12/07 213 231 box 45 28/8
12/08 236 no no 44 29/9
12/09 135 531 box 44 30/1
Total expense at a dollar a number was $2,248.00
If played Straight only 5 x $500.00 = $2,500.00
If played Str/box 5 x $290.00 = $1,450.00 plus
13 x $40.00 ($520.00) = $1,970.00
Playing Straight only for the last 50 draws shows a
profit while playing Straight/Box shows a small loss
one more S/box win would return to break even.
Considering the lottery returns fifty cents on the
dollar, the lottery expects an expense of $2,248.
to return $1,124. or less to you. For any software
to beat the lottery's expectation over an extended
length of play is remarkable.
Looking at the wins, leaving in the higher odds plays
of HHH, LLL, OOO, EEE, made sense as did leaving out
Doubles. I checked some, but not all doubles and did
not find winners, but plays required went up a third.
Frankly, MasterMind-3 is the only software I've tried
to date that did this well, all the others lost money
big time. If you know of any others that consistantly
won for their users often enough to show a profit I'm
sure we'd all like to know about it.
Until such time as a better Pick-3 software comes to light,
it might be worth working with MasterMind-3 looking for ways
to safely reduce the playing expense without costing wins
as the potential to earn money is clearly there in the form
of wins. Any ideas?
BobP
If you haven't already tried MasterMind-3 you can get a free
ten use trial here. Each use is good for as long as you keep
the software open, so you can go back 50 or 100 days and
see how you would have done.
http://tciworld.com/luckystore.htm