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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