Writing Lottery Software

The G.A.T. Engine

If you are interested in playing lottery games, such as Texas Two Step (4/35+ball), Cash Five (a 5/37 game), or Lotto Texas (a 6/54 game), then you should check out the G.A.T. Engine by Anastasios Tampikas.  I bought a license and am testing this week. I have used his Wheel Generator for building wheels for wheeling for lottery games.

We won $30 in Texas Cash Five using the Lotto Sorcerer V.7 program

I had thought, based on in the middle of the night checking, that we won $18 last night in Cash Five. I went and cashed in our tickets and found we had won $30 (2x$12, 6x$2). The picks that I had generated but did not buy for Pick 3 and Daily 4 both had winners ($40 and $100). This may be first time luck, but right now, Lotto Sorcerer V.7 is looking really good. It did totally miss Lotto Texas and when I used the "out of the box" settings for Cash Five, it also mostly missed. I used  I used a sectors setting for Cash Five of 5, instead of the standard 3.

I expect to write books about how to play Pick 3 and Pick 4 games

I have my own unique systems for playing Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. After seeing what is available from several authors, I think that I should get my books out there in the market place to compete. I have a more systems than just Pick 3 and Pick 4, although I am unsure how well I could present them for manual use without a computer program. Is there any interest in material like that? Given what I am seeing in the market place, it seems likely that there is a niche, at least for more systems.

Texas Winners for Cash Five and Lotto Texas

Tonight, the winners in Texas were:

1/21/2012  TX Cash Five    1-4-5-20-35
1/21/2012  TX Lotto Texas  5-10-12-156-36-48

Texas Cash Five winner 1/20/2012

The winning numbers for Texas Cash Five for 1/20/2012 were 9-11-14-26-32. My program continues to win something for Cash Five in every game, using the system that I am using for all lotto games.

Texas Cash Five winner 1/19/2012

The winning numbers for Texas Cash Five for 1/19/2012 were 9-10-12-29-37.

Quick Predict XD (Pick 3) is working well for Michigan Pick 3

Mike K. just posted on the LotterySecretsGroup in Yahoo groups about how well his Quick Predict X (Pick 3) program is working for the Michigan Pick 3 game. It only occasionally misses and the numbers usually win within three draws. His program generates a set of numbers to play for a specified number of games.

Texas Cash Five - 1/18/2012

The winning numbers for 1/18/2012 for the Texas Cash Five lottery game were: 1-14-17-21-35. We are starting to use the Silver System for Cash Five.  Tonight, we won $25 using that system.

Ken Silver's system for Texas Cash Five

I ran some tests tonight with my program that uses Ken Silver's system to play Texas Cash Five (a 5/37 game). I won the 4/5 twice in the last two weeks. By my standards, that is pretty good. I have only won 4/5 four times in the last two years. My main problem with Cash Five is that the grand prize is at most $25,000.  What always draws me back to Cash Five is that you can win $2 for a 2/5 win that costs $1.

Current ideas for the New Year

I like to think that programmers have the edge in playing lottery games. The reason is that you can write a program to test systems against history. You can also optimize settings for systems. For Pick 3 and Pick 4 games, I am using a variant of Chris Malcolm's system.  You can look at number frequencies over some period in the recent past. You can then look at the last winner and determine the ranking of the numbers. You have to calculate frequencies up to the last game prior to the pick you are checking. Recalculate frequencies up to the last game, then, and use that to generate a 50 cent pick for succeeding games. Do that for the last dozen or so games and then use those going forward for some period of time. You are likely to see some winners.

I am now using Ken Silver's system for the Texas 5/37 and 6/54 games. I am actually using his "Pro" system for 6/54. The first time, it generated a 4/6 winner, which is better than I have done in the past. I have a link to his stuff if you are interested in checking it out. Yes, I get a cut if you ended up buying. I bought and am now hooked.