What software do you use and why..

Reply #24

RJOh — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:00:19 GMT

Sounds like a fine idea, all you need now to eliminate the greedy software sales approach is a bunch of skilled programmers willing to follow your instructions and work for nothing. Good luck.

Reply #23

tycho — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:08:10 GMT

Why not start up an open source lotto system project with an interdisciplinary group to oversee the features and updates to the program. This would eliminate the greedy software sales approach, and insure that the system ends up as top quality program period.

Reply #22

MegaWinner — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:29:15 GMT

I am trying some bare bones methods. I guess I should try some of the software mentioned in this thread.

Reply #21

bigdaddy — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:30:32 GMT

a scientific calculator pen and paper and a carefully researched pi formula...

Reply #20

cybercity — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:14:44 GMT

Hello ...everybody...I'm new here.

Anyway...I've been using Prof Jones software in conjunction with my own system for pick 3/4 lottery . It is productive. Sorry...but for some obvious reason I refuse to say which state I'm playing. I 've also met some professional pick 3/4 players but obviously they refuse to share their prediction techniques nor the software they use.

Pick 3/4 can be predicted as long as you keep an open mind. Nothing is impossible...it is all in your mind.

Good Day.... [ More ]

Reply #19

tomboy — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:58:21 GMT

great thought on this ...never thought of programming in excel and could you relate on how to go about writing one.I'm not too computer savy but I'm familiar with built in functions as if logical statemnets and so forth.if you would give me a rundown on how to get stated sort of a walk through so to speak.........thanks curious one

Reply #18

Stack47 — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:34:11 GMT

When the lottos first started they always interviewed the jackpot winners and asked how they picked the numbers. Today the only information you get is where the ticket was sold. I've always thought 70% of all ticket sales are - quick-picks is low especially when the jackpots are high.

Reply #17

Fibonacci — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:05:08 GMT

I agree with Todd that Excel is a great tool, not to mention that it's simple and widely available.

However (and mayube strictly speaking computer purists mayargue over it) but at the end of the day Lottery Post is the greatest software out there. I say this in all seriousness.

LP, in conjunction with paurth's P3 and P4 tool can work magic. Then there is ProFilter--a great prog qwritten by a former LP-er.

For the software packages out there I find Lotto Buster is useful.

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Reply #16

EXCALIBUR — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:35:27 GMT

Bob

I can't say that I know much at all about jackpot games prediction at this time yet, but pick 3 prediction

appears to be easier for me to study and do.

If I had only been a computer programmer myself.....

You do appear to be right.

Good luck.

Fernando.

Reply #15

BobP — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:53:32 GMT

I suspect most retail lottery software has two sources. A commercial attempt to make a profit off lottery players by selling them software. Or a computer programmer who decided to put skills to use in winning the lottery and when that failed, selling the resulting software.

To program software to correctly predict winning lottery numbers you first have to know how to predict them yourself.

It figures anyone who invented a winning system or software owns their own island by now and isn't... [ More ]

Reply #14

Greg — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:00:47 GMT

It all comes down to number analysis, and pattern analysis.

Reply #13

EXCALIBUR — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:34:21 GMT

Greg is very right.

The same applies to those who want to use a supercomputer for winning jackpot games, it will never give you the winning jackpot number of itself.

Only a properly coded prediction program will , which probably won't happen as perhaps there is no programmer anywhere who knows how to make such a program.

Another possible way would be to have the right tools in a jackpot lottery program and if you know how to use them to get the jackpot winning number.

It is not a goo... [ More ]

Reply #12

Greg — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:21:04 GMT

Software in and of itself will not win a lottery. It is the USE of that software that MIGHT get you a win, though. You must use your head and your heart in interpreting the information the software presents. It is through the interpretation of that information that will make the software valuable . A professional tennis player can take a $30. dollar cheap racket and beat a nonpro who has the best one on the market. It is the SKILL you BRING to USING the racket (software) that is key here.

Reply #11

ElvisVanZepplin — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:40:46 GMT

Most of my work uses Excel/VBA though there's also a lot of Access/VB and SQL. There's a number tasks that one can do better (much quicker or simply) than the other. Also, you can code user defined functions (aka methods) that can be used interchangeably in Excel/Access without modification.

Reply #10

guesser — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:42:01 GMT

IMO, there are too many intangibles for a computer system of any kind. It CAN be done, but the number of tables needed if you were to do it in,say, MS Access, would be in the high-hundreds. But that's just my opinion.

That said, 70% of all jackpot winners are quick-picks, largely because 70% of all ticket sales are - quick-picks.

Reply #9

paurths — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:23:44 GMT

Really!?

Good for you

Reply #8

hypersoniq — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:47:15 GMT

#1 Excel /with VBA - quick and easy to get up and running, forces you to think to solve problems and adapt formulas.

#2 Visual Basic - easy to use when you know what to ask it (still seeking the proper questions). I still prefer excel because many times I would write a VB program only to discover an easy alternative already existed in Excel.

#3 Access - speaking SQL helps narrow down the data. Proper queries return concise results. Plus it integrates seamlessly with excel.

Add to these

Reply #7

WSN1 — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:28:56 GMT

I agree Todd that Excel is a great tool for the personal lottery system, which I have used in some many ways to track this game. However, I did not think I would come to this day, when I say that I have outgrown this tool. I need a truly integrated database management tracking system, that is why I pursue Access as the next growth point for me. I hope I get there soon, although, the more I look at LotSoft, the closer I think I am already at that goal.

Reply #6

Todd — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:29:24 GMT

I've written some software myself - everything in the Systems menu above.

I code almost everything in some form of VB. The older stuff, including Deflate and Inspector, are written in VBScript, which is the language behind classic ASP pages. The newer stuff, like Lucky's Followers System, is written in VB.NET, which is one of Microsoft's .NET languages.

There is also some C# programming in Lottery Post (another .NET language), but I try to keep it at a minimum, because I find VB.NET t... [ More ]

Reply #5

time*treat — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:06:28 GMT

I use excel as my data container (because it's simpler than writing my own and has a few other sublte advantages, right now) and VBA language as it allows me to focus more on my ideas and less on language syntax. In that sense, I have modified my purchased software.

I don't bother with buying pro lottery software. If there is a bug in the code, you have to beg, beg, beg some schmoe for an update ... after they've got your money... which, of course, changes who the true schmoe is.... [ More ]

Reply #4

guesser — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:13:05 GMT

Microsoft Excel, a yellow legal pad, and a calculator.

My most important computer program is my yellow legal pad, I couldn't play without it.

Reply #3

Guru101 — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:14:42 GMT

I made 2 different programs. One coded in C++, the other coded in VB.

Reply #2

RJOh — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:28:30 GMT

I use software I designed and wrote myself using GWBasic and compiled using a Quick Basic complier. GWBasic is an old Microsoft DOS language that's not used any more but still run in the Command window of Windows.

It's unlikely the average Joe lottery player is able to decompile a commercial program and modify it, if he had those kinds of skills he would be writing his own programs not trying to make a bad program work better.

I bought several of the better commercial programs but they di... [ More ]

Reply #1

cps10 — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:59:49 GMT

LotSoft and no, no need to enhance it.

It has great statistical data and very easy to use and the Live Draw Update is priceless.

What software do you use and why..

AverageJoe — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:19:51 GMT

do you think its better than the rest.

Also!

Has anyone ever tried modifying(writing additional programming) to their purchased software to enhance its use