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JL Irish's Lottery Programs
Dated: September 6, 1991
Table of Contents:
Intro
Warrantee
Distribution/Registration
How to Contact the Author
Megabuck
WMLA
WSLA
Conclusion
Intro:
Who is JL Irish? What are these programs? Why would I want to use
these programs? Why did JL Irish write them anyways?
I bet most of you are asking just that, and more! First, I'm Jl
Irish. This software is all my fault! I wrote it all, every typed character
in the source, the data file structure, all of it. I started this as a
lesson in C programming. The lottery provided continuing data input and a
challenge. That challenge was to predict the upcoming numbers. Well, I
matched a couple 4's, but never a match -5 nor -6. Still trying.
These programs are a simple database of the lottery numbers. What
you actually see are some functions I've written to study the numbers. We
all know that the odds of winning a pick-6 54 number lotto are some 26
million to 1, but did you know that there haven't been any re-occurances of
the same 6 numbers being picked? That might come in handy. Anyways...
Warrantee:
There is no warrantee associated with this software! You use it at
your own risk! In the last year or so that I've been writing and uploading
this stuff, NOBODY has ever been kind enough to donate anything but criticizm
to my efforts. With this in mind, I've pretty much considered this Freeware.
You are free to use it, and I am free from supporting it. Not that I'm going
to forget I ever wrote it, nor stop developing it. BUT the possibility exist
that I may be leaving the country for a year or more.
Distribution/Registration:
Please feel free to use and distribute this software!!! The exposure
does wonders for my ego! There is NO registration required, but I may be
reluctant to spend any time or money supporting it without receiving any
compensation for my efforts. In other words, if you are having problems and
really feel this stuff is worth the effort to get in touch with me, then a
small donation should be in order. Also, I will need the CHAIN file when you
call for help. See How to Contact the Author for more info.
My only restriction is that you do NOT charge for the software
itself. You may charge a reasonable fee, like no more than $3.00US, for your
labor and materials. If you charge anymore than $3.00 for this, send me the
$3.00 and you can keep the rest! Also, when distributing, don't change any
of the included files! Distribute the original Zipfile only! The only
modification you may make is to the file CHAIN. Edit this file with a
standard ASCII editor. It will become a history list for your distribution.
I will use these chains to determine the scope of use. I won't sell any info
to them damned mailing lists!!!
How to Contact the Author:
No, I don't want you to call me at home, or at work! If you want or
need to contact me concerning this software, your best chance is to log onto
Exec-PC BBS, 414-789-4210, 2400,N,8,1. I am the Topic Leader for the
Lotteries Topic in the Money/Business Conference. If you are not a registered
user and can't get to me, leave a note to the Sysop (he'll hate me for this!).
Once you've contacted me there, I may give you my mailing address. Yep, I
hate them mailing list too!
Megabuck:
This is the first project for me. It's about as full as the compiler
will allow. It contains and uses every drawing from Lotto America. There are
2 data files required to run this program, Date.dat and Pick.dat. Date is an
ascii file to determine legal drawing dates. Pick.dat is a binary file
containing the numbers. Caution: if you make a mistake and Quit the program,
which saves the matrix to disk, and didn't keep a safe backup copy of Pick..
You're screwed! Unless you can figure out my data structure and are adept
with Debug.
WMLA:
This is program #2 for 54 number lotto's. It is cloned from WSLA.
The major differences are that WMLA keeps the numbers in the order you enter
them, ie: the order they were drawn, and the data starts around Oct. 10th,
1990, when I got this thing started. There are a few newer functions here.
WSLA:
This is my first attempt at keeping the numbers in order. Somehow,
with the assistance of some great users at Exec-PC, I've managed to get the
Wisconsin Supercash numbers in order. If you're not familiar with Supercash,
it's drawn everynight! I also worked out keeping track of the days.
Conclusion:
Well this is about as much as I feel like typing today. Good luck
with your quests. AND... if you win, how about sending that donation!
say... 10% <grin> :^)
JL Irish