~00170 **************************** TO VIEW GAMES ************************** <Up Arrow> ──── Increments by 1 to the next game. <Down Arrow> ── Decrements by 1 to the next game. <Page Up> ───── Increments by 5 to the next game. <Page Down> ─── Decrements by 5 to the next game. <Home> ──────── First game displayed. <Alt><Home>──── First game displayed (next league). <End> ───────── Last game displayed. <Alt><End>───── Last game displayed (next league). <A> to <Z> ──── Search for team. *************************** TO SET THE LINE ************************** <1 - 9> ─── Activates Line/Total editor. (Simply press a NUMBER to activate the line editor.) To switch between Line and Total: <Left Arrow> ─┐ <Right Arrow> ─┴ Toggles Line/Total. Quick keys... <+> ───┬ If line is not set ─────── Sets line to a Pick. ├ If line is a Pick ──────── Toggles favored team. ├ If Total is toggled on ─── Increments Total by ½. └ If Line is toggled on ──┬─ Increments Line by ½ (Points line) └─ Increments Line by 5 (Money line) <-> ───┬ If Total is toggled on ─── Decrements Total by ½. └ If Line is toggled on ─┬── Decrements Line by ½ (Points line) └── Decrements Line by 5 (Money line) ********************************************************************** <Insert> ─────── Used to move game to a new location on board. <Alt> <Insert> ─ Cancels. <?> ────────── Displays amounts wagered on ─┬─ Straight Plays ├ Overs\Unders └ Parlays <F2> ────────── Sets game start time. <Shift>+<F6> ── Circles a game. (Toggles) <Del> ───────── Takes game off board. <*> ─────────── Sets the offset. ~00272 [MAKE PLAYS] Input an account number to display the [PLAYS MENU]. [EDIT BOARD] Add and/or change games on current board. [CHANGE BOARD] Change current board. Choose from a list of existing boards or create a new board. [FINAL SCORES] Enter final scores of games on current board. [ACCOUNTS] Account information and statistics. [EVALUATE] Calculate all plays. [EXIT PROGRAM] To quit. <F2> ── Sets system clock. <C> ─── Changes display. ~00363 [STRAIGHT PLAY] Play must win against the point spread or win against the money line. [PARLAY] Multiple plays on one wager. [OVER PLAY] Wager on the SUM of BOTH teams final scores being greater than the line. [UNDER PLAY] Wager on the SUM of BOTH teams final scores being less than the line. [ROUND ROBIN] Multiple parlays. [KEY] Multiple parlays. [FINISHED] Terminate account activity. <Shift>+<F3> ── Change board. <F4> ────────── Display current account plays. <F> ─── Toggles TIME FILTER TIME FILTER ON .... Past post games unavailable for play. TIME FILTER OFF ... Game start times are ignored. ~00454 Plays with missing final scores can not be evaluated. This option allows PLAYER to pause the evaluation process to prompt for a missing final score. ~00560 Selecting OVERWRITE deletes the current game from the board. ~00655 The numbers "0" through "9" and letters "A" through "Z" are used to enter an account number. An account number must have 3 or 4 characters to be accepted. Use the <Backspace> and <Del> keys to make corrections. ~00757 If [NO CHECK] is selected all plays remain on file. If [CHECK] is selected all evaluated plays will be purged from the account file. (The RESULTS will be maintained) ~00830 Delete play from account file. ~00951 account status : FROZEN Plays for this account will not be accepted. Select REINSTATE to change account status to ACTIVE. ~01038 The account LIMIT is the MAXIMUM amount that can be wagered on one play. The current wager exceeds this limit. ~01158 All plays made using PLAYER are made on credit. In general a credit period is one week (You may use longer or shorter periods ). At the end of a credit period all plays made during that period become due ( This is the BALANCE DUE amount ). See USER'S GUIDE for details. ~01260 Selecting DOUBLE creates the second game of a double header. G1 (game one) will precede the team names of the first game. G2 (game two) will precede the team names of the second game. Selecting OVERWRITE deletes the current game from the board. ~01354 The search key is the letter used to find teams. Example: Press <C> or <B> to find the Chicago Bears. Press </> to finished. <+> ── Toggles listed pitchers switch. (Baseball only) ~01457 ~01557 ~01652 To change the line you must cancel this play. Change the line and make the play with the new line. ~01757 ~01857 ~01957 ~02057 ~02157 ~02257 ~02357 ~02439 Enter board date to create a new board. ~02557 ~02650 <Up> / <Down> Scrolls available boards. <Enter> Loads highlighted board. Selecting "MAKE NEW BOARD" creates an empty board. If the credit period date(s) is incorrect BOTH dates must be set to 01-01-1990. See the PLAYER USER'S MANUAL for details. ~02757 <Spacebar> ────── Toggles teams. BASEBALL ONLY ─┬─ <*> ── To indicate a rained out game. └─ <+> ── Toggles listed pitchers. <Up Arrow> ──── Increments by 1 to the next game. <Down Arrow> ── Decrements by 1 to the next game. <Page Up> ───── Increments by 5 to the next game. <Page Down> ─── Decrements by 5 to the next game. <Home> ──────── First game displayed. <End> ───────── Last game displayed. <A> to <Z> ──── Search for team. BE SURE TO PRESS THE <Enter> KEY AFTER TYPING EACH SCORE! ~02846 Select home team or away team to display game. ~02944 Lines are always negative. Press <Enter> to accept the displayed value. ~03057 Enter game start time. If <Del> is pressed game will not be eligible for play. Game start times can also be entered from the board <F3>. ~03157 ~03243 A LIMIT is the MAXIMUM wager on ONE play. The default amount is 500. To change the default type <Ctrl> + <Insert>. ~03350 An account limit is the MAXIMUM wager on ONE play. ~03454 You may type the wager in or use the following keys. <Page up> ───── Increments wager by 25 <Home> ──────── Increments wager by 50 <Insert> ────── Increments wager by 100 <Page down> ─── Increments wager by 500 <End> ───────── Increments wager by 1000 These are the default values. They can be changed by holding the <Ctrl> key and pressing the key to change. i.e. Hold the <Ctrl> down and PRESS <End> to change the default value of the <End> key. <Esc> ── Cancels and returns to the [PLAYS MENU] menu. ~03544 Confirming all plays. Press <F4> to review. Double check: Team name(s) Line(s) Wager(s) ~03623 Confirming the play. Double check: Team name Line Wager ~03738 Displayed are plays that are presently on the current account file. <L> ───────────── Sets account limit. <Alt>+<Delete> ── Removes a play. ~03851 ADDING GAMES TO THE BOARD 1. Select league (<F5> Through <F10>) 2. Select away team 3. Select home team 4. Set game start time The search key is the letter used to find teams. Example: If the National Football League is selected... Press <C> or <B> to find the Chicago Bears. Press </> to finished. <Esc> Cancels Use the INSTALL program to edit\add\delete teams. From the Dos prompt type: [Drive]:\PLAYER\INSTALL T ~03959 PARLAYS - ROUND ROBINS - KEYS The search key is the letter used to find teams. Example: Press <C> or <B> to find the Chicago Bears. Select play type AFTER highlighting the team. A maximum of five plays are displayed on one page. A new page is automatically created for each group of five. <Ctrl>+<Up> / <Down> ── Views pages </> ─────────────────── To finished. <+> ── Toggles listed pitchers switch. (Baseball only) ~04038 Use EDIT to correct an account figure. ~04157 ~04257 ~04357 ~04457 ~04572 <F4> ─── Display plays <Esc> ── Exits DISPLAY CONTROLS <Up Arrow> ─────────── Increments by 1 to the next account. <Down Arrow> ───────── Decrements by 1 to the next account. <Page Up> ──────────── Increments by 5 to the next account. <Page Down> ────────── Decrements by 5 to the next account. <Home> ─────────────── First account displayed. <End> ──────────────── Last account displayed. <Ctrl>+<Up Arrow> ───┐ <Ctrl>+<Down Arrow> ─┴ Seek next UNCHECKED account. MANAGING AN ACCOUNT PLAYER maintains three balances... 1. The CURRENT FIGURE reflects the results of plays made on or after the CURRENT CREDIT PERIOD date. This balance is NOT due. 2. The BALANCE DUE amount reflects the results of plays made after the PREVIOUS CREDIT PERIOD date but before the CURRENT CREDIT PERIOD date. This balance is now due. 3. The PAST DUE amount reflects the results of all plays made prior to the PREVIOUS CREDIT PERIOD date. This balance is also due. (Select "CHANGE BOARD" from the Main Menu to display credit period dates.) A check (√) to the left of a balance indicates no plays for this credit period are on file. A question mark (?) to the left of a balance indicates plays for this credit period are on file. These plays are NOT evaluated. A dollar sign <$> to the left of a balance indicates evaluated plays for this credit period are on file. Press <F4> to view plays on current accounts' file. Checking a figure. If the account is correct for all balances: Evaluated plays on file are no longer needed. <C> ── Removes all evaluated plays from an account file. (The plays are removed - the results are not.) The PAST DUE and BALANCE DUE amounts are cleared (set to 0) by pressing one of two keys. <P> ─── Clears (sets to 0) PAST DUE amount and removes all EVALUATED past due plays from the account file. <B> ─── Clears (sets to 0) BALANCE DUE amount and removes all EVALUATED balance due plays from the account file. When a PAST DUE or BALANCE DUE is cleared all EVALUATED plays for that period are removed from the account file and CAN NOT BE RECOVERED. Refer to the PLAYER USER'S GUIDE for details. A balance can be changed by pressing <E> (Edit) (Plays must be checked) <X> ── Carries... 1. Checked PAST DUE and BALANCE DUE amounts are added to the CURRENT FIGURE. 2. Checked PAST DUE and BALANCE DUE amounts are set to 0. 3. All evaluated PAST DUE and BALANCE DUE plays are removed from the account file. In the upper right hand corner a TOTALLING UTILITY is available. To add the current account CURRENT FIGURE to the total press the <+> key. <*> ── toggle between CURRENT FIGURE - BALANCE DUE - PAST DUE <Alt>+<Delete> ── Deletes an account. <W> ───────────── Sets account wash (Credit limit). If an account exceeds the wash a notice is displayed. <L> ───────────── Set account limit (Maximum wager on ONE play). ~04657 ~04748 Enter an account number to display the account. ~04858 Totals of all accounts matching search keys are displayed. <+> ── Adds account totals. If more than four accounts match search key... <Up> ───┐ <Down> ─┴ Scrolls accounts. ~04957 ~05057 ~05157 ~05256 SETTING THE DEFAULT INCREMENTS To increment the wager you can use the following keys: <Page up> ──── Increments wager by 25 (DEFAULT) <Home> ─────── Increments wager by 50 (DEFAULT) <Insert> ───── Increments wager by 100 (DEFAULT) <Page down> ── Increments wager by 500 (DEFAULT) <End> ──────── Increments wager by 1000 (DEFAULT) At this time type in the increment for the selected key. This value will now be the DEFAULT increment for the selected key. You may change this value at any time. ~05324 Enter the correct TOTAL. ~05430 Credit limit for this account. ~05544 Set the default value for the account Limit. ~99900
