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Lotto Prophet by DataMicro Registration $ 15.00
MISC DEC90 STATE LOTTO PROPHET DATAMICRO GAMBLE GAME
FILES: lottopt3.sdn
New to SDN
L O T T O P R O P H E T
by Gene P. Davis
PHILOSOPHY OF LOTTERIES
ARE THE ODDS REALLY AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU PLAY LOTTO ?
First, let me state that this section is my opinion of
lotteries and how they operate. The figures and odds given
here are my opinion and do not necessarily represent the odds
available in any given lottery.
How many times have you read about what a sucker bet playing
a lottery is, or that the odds are 10 million to 1 against
you, etc....
Well, let's tell it like it really is. If the state lottery
pays a return of 50 cents on each $1.00 collected, it sounds
to me like the odds would be 1 to 2 against you, not 10
million to 1. The doom and gloomers only quote the odds on
the top prize of lotto. They forget about the 2nd, 3rd and
4th prizes.
Maybe you think odds of even 2 to 1 against you would begin
to get the best of you after awhile! What if the state
decided to have a reverse lotto and for every $1.00 collected
it would add another $1.00 to the pot, thus making the odds 2
to 1 in your favor? WOULD YOU PLAY ?
YOU WOULD ? ? ? Then why don't you ?
EXAMPLE: (using averages and round figures) Let's say that
in a normal weekly drawing $2 million worth of tickets are
purchased and the payoff is 1/2 of that or $1 million, but
there are no winning tickets. Then the $1 million would be
rolled over to the next drawing etc....
For the purpose of good conversation let's say that the
carry- over pot has reached $3 million. For this drawing the
state has collected another $2 million. The payoff, if there
is a winner, is $4 million.
Let's figure the odds. If $2 million is bet and the payoff
is $4 million, it sounds to me like the odds are 2 to 1 in
your favor !
"HOLD ON", you say, "Someone had to put all that money in the
pot."
"THAT'S TRUE! But it was not you or I." (only play on
rollover !)
As we travel together through the LOTTO PROPHET program and
documentation we will try to uncover other ways to have the
odds in our favor when we play.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
LOTTO PROPHET was developed for the IBM Personal Computer and
operates properly on most compatible computers. The system
requirements are very simple:
1. MS-DOS or PC-DOS, Version 2.1 or later.
2. At least one 360K floppy disk drive.
3. A printer, for producing the reports and Prophet Cards.
4. The program will operate much faster from a hard disk.
DataMicro's LOTTO PROPHET is a sincere attempt to increase
the interest and the pleasure of individuals and groups who
like to play the lottery by helping keep a record of numbers
picked as well as recording the previously called lottery
numbers.
The LOTTO PROPHET has the ability to maintain all of the
State, Canadian 6/49 and Australian Gold lotteries at one
time.
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