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- Lottery Analysis
- ----------------
-
- This file describes the installation and use of the Lottery Analysis
- program "Lott3a" V1.1 by Walter Wright.
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- Shareware
- ---------
-
- "Lott3a" is shareware in the accepted sense of the word.
- Registration is £10 and removes restrictions on the datafile size as
- well as the usual nag screens. Future versions, probably
- incorporating extra types of analysis, will be available to
- registered users.
-
-
- What is "Lott3a" ?
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-
- "Lott3a" analyses draw results using several established
- techniques, displaying information in order that you can
- identify any trends should they emerge. Currently, it can perform
- frequency analysis (displaying results in numeric or graphical form),
- positional information, hot and cold numbers, and spot clusters of 2
- or more numbers which appear together more than once. As you enter
- the weekly data, it is VERY important that the numbers are entered in
- draw order, otherwise the positional and clustering information
- becomes meaningless. Further information on the use of these
- techniques can be found in "Playing Lotteries for the Big Money" by
- Sam Weren, available from Take That Ltd. , PO Box 200, Harrogate,
- North Yorks., HG1 4XB.
-
- "Lott3a" will NOT produce a list of suggested numbers for you to
- copy onto your lottery form. The information it displays is open to
- your interpretation and your beliefs in how random a draw can be.
- Lets face it, if there was a sure fire method of predicting the
- outcome, I would not be sitting here writing software for Psions.
- Having said that, if this program improves your chances of winning
- a jackpot from 14,000,000 to 1, to say, 13,999,999 to 1, then you
- at least have a better chance than almost everyone else.
- Please remember me when your cheque for £8m arrives.
-
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- The release consists of the following files:
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- LOTT3A.APP
- LOTTOVL1.BIN
- LOTTOVL2.BIN
- LOTT3A.DAT
- LOTT3A.TXT (this file)
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- The programs can be installed on any drive, and the data on the same,
- or a different drive. The data file will grow by 11 bytes per draw
- (ie per week) so it should not become too large. It is probably
- inadvisable to use a Flash SSD for the data, as the file is written
- out in its entirety each time it is amended. This will soon fill a
- Flash SSD.
-
- Copy LOTT3A.APP to the \APP directory on a suitable drive. Create a
- subdirectory \APP\LOTT3A and copy LOTTOVL1.BIN and LOTTOVL2.BIN into
- this directory. Select Install <Psion-I> from the System menu and
- install Lott3a.opa onto your front screen. The release file
- LOTT3A.DAT contains draw data up to 13th May 1995. If you wish
- to use this as your starting point, copy the file to the \OPD
- directory on your chosen data drive. If a file of this name does not
- exist when the program starts, it will be created for you.
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- Running "Lott3a"
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-
- The first time you run "Lott3a" it will ask you which drive to use
- for data. Select "Internal", "A" or "B". If the software is
- unregistered (which of course it will be the first time you use it),
- a screen will be displayed showing you how to register. Once
- registered, this screen is not displayed. Press <Return> to continue
- past the nag screen. Depending on whether you installed LOTT3A.DAT,
- you will either have a blank screen, or a screen with 26 draw entries.
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- Moving About
- ------------
-
- The small window at the bottom of the screen shows which entry in the
- file you are currently pointing to as well as the total number of
- entries in the file. <Up> and <Down> arrows move the small cursor on
- the left-hand edge of the screen one line at a time. <PgUp> and
- <PgDn> move to the top or bottom of the screen, and then by one
- screenful thereafter. <Home> and <End> move the cursor to the first
- or last entry.
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- Inserting New Entries
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-
- Position the cursor to where the new entry should go and select
- <Psion-I> or Insert from the menu. The screen lets you enter the date
- of the draw and the 7 numbers. Pressing <Tab> on the date field lets
- you select the date using a calendar. Press <Enter> to accept the new
- data or <Esc> to abandon this entry.
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- Updating Entries
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-
- Position the cursor on the entry to be updated and select <Psion-U>
- or Update from the menu. The screen is as for Inserting New Data.
-
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- Deleting Entries
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-
- Position the cursor on the entry to be deleted and select <Psion-D>,
- <Delete> or Delete from the menu. You will be asked to confirm.
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-
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- The Insert, Update and Delete selections can only be made from the
- front screen. You can return to this screen at any time in the
- application by pressing <Esc>.
-
-
-
- ANALYSIS
- ========
-
- Frequencies
- -----------
-
- Select <Psion-F> or Frequencies from the menu to display a table of
- frequencies in descending order. Each number N is shown with a
- subscript S, indicating that N has been drawn S times so far.
-
-
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- Graph
- -----
-
- Select <Psion-G> or Graph to display a graph of the frequency data in
- numerical order. Select Graph again to sort the graph into frequency
- order. Selecting Graph (or <Space>) now toggles between the two
- displays.
-
-
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- Hot/Cold
- --------
-
- Select <Psion-H> or Hot/Cold to display the hot and cold numbers. A
- 'hot' number is one that has appeared more than X times in the last
- Y draws and is deemed to be "on a roll". By default, this is more
- than 2 times in the last 5 draws but X and Y can be set to your own
- preferred values in the Preferences screen. Up to 30 hot numbers
- will be displayed. If there are more than this then your selection
- criteria probably needs some adjustment.
-
- Cold numbers are ones which have appeared less than or equal to M
- times in the last N draws and can be thought of as being due out of
- the bag. By default this is <=0 times in the last 9 draws but M and
- N can be set in the Preferences screen. Up to 30 cold numbers will
- be displayed.
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- Positional
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-
- Select <Psion-P> or Positional from the menu to display the top 8
- numbers by position.
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- Clusters
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- Select <Psion-C> or Clusters to display any groups of numbers found
- in your data. The simplest cluster is two numbers which appear next
- to each other more than once. The most complex situation is two
- identical draws which will give rise to a cluster of 7 (as well as
- 6,5,4,3 and 2). The data is analysed and the largest cluster found
- is displayed, for example if a group 11,34 and 41 appears together
- in two or more draws, the Clusters of 3 page is displayed, (assuming
- there are no clusters of 4,5,6 or 7 anywhere).
- You can type any number from 2 to 7 to display the cluster page for
- that number. Obviously in the above example there will also exist
- clusters of 2 but not all sub-clusters are always displayed. 11 and
- 34 may not be seen as a separate cluster in this case although if
- these numbers existed in another draw, then they would be spotted in
- the above groups as well.
-
- Should a page of clusters be longer than a screenful, you can press
- <Down> to advance one line or <PgDn> to advance one screenful. To
- restart the display from the top, press the number of the cluster
- page (2-7). Press <Esc> to exit from the cluster display to the front
- screen.
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- Preferences
- -----------
-
- Select <Psion-Q> or Preferences from the menu to go to the
- preferences screen. Here you can amend the criteria for Hot and
- Cold numbers to your own preferences (see Hot/Cold above). Press
- <Space> to reset to the original defaults. Additionally you can
- amend the scratch memory allocation for the cluster display. This
- is working memory used only when you are in the Clusters screens.
- You will need to increase this if you get the message "Insufficient
- Cluster Memory" in the Cluster screen. This will eventually happen
- as the number of clusters increases. Allocate another 256 bytes and
- it will be fine.
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- Preferences are saved on exiting.
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- Register
- --------
-
- Select <Psion-R> or Register from the menu to go to the Registration
- screen. Here you can enter your name and registration code to disable
- the nag screens on entry and exit. Additionally, the load and save
- limit of 50 entries is removed. A registration code can be obtained
- by sending £10 to the address below.
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- About
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-
- <Psion-A> or About displays information about the current data drive,
- the software version and registration details.
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- Exit
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- <Psion-X> or Exit. Quit the program, saving the data first. For
- unregistered versions, only the first 50 entries are saved.
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- Exit, Lose Changes
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-
- <Shift-Psion-X>. Exit, leaving the original data file unchanged. Any
- alterations made during this session will be lost. You will be
- prompted for confirmation.
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- Comments, suggestions for improvements or just plain old bug reports
- to the following address:
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-
- Walter Wright, 1 Deanery Cottage, High Street
- Sonning, Berkshire, RG4 0UP
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