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- BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO LOTTOPROF
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- LottoProf stands alone amongst lotto programs. Unlike the others,
- LottoProf does not waste your time on "lottery trend analysis". Instead,
- the focus is where it really matters, on the probability analysis of bet
- combinations. Using proprietary technology, LottoProf provides you with
- unprecedented information. A playing advantage found nowhere else.
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- Briefly, you have this advantage by ...
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- Selecting, from the "Wager" top menu, a bet combination -- it may be
- one supplied or one of your own design. Whichever, it will be loaded
- into a table for you to view and edit. Then press "F2" to select the
- "Analysis Options Menu".
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- You may then instruct LottoProf to perform a winning probability
- analysis. Along with computing your chances in detail, a number will be
- assigned -- the greater the number the better your chances of winning.
- You may then add the results to the integrated database, and then view
- the entire database graphically. This allows you to visually select the
- best play for the price. Once selected, add it to your Player Program.
- If you wish, print the bet combination you've decided to play, and, if
- you have an HP LaserJet compatible printer, print out bet slips directly.
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- Exit LottoProf. Wait for your lottery to hold its next draw.
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- Draw complete? Return to LottoProf.
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- From the "Draw" top menu, select the appropriate lottery history file.
- Enter the winning numbers, and if you have them, the prize values.
- Escape to the top menu level and from beneath "Wager" load your Player
- Program. Automatically, LottoProf will check the combination you played
- against the numbers drawn. With luck you'll be a winner. If so, the
- combination you played will be loaded into the table, with the winning
- tickets identified.
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- Now go collect your winnings!
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- LOTTOPROF 3.1 REFERENCE MANUAL
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- Shareware Version
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- When you register your copy of LottoProf, you receive an exten-
- sive User's Guide. Because of its complexity, it is not possible
- to include it on disk. Instead, this manual is provided to help
- you understand LottoProf. Contained within is a brief descrip-
- tion of each menu option in the program. In addition, the file
- "LP.TUT" contains a tutorial extracted from the User's Guide.
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- WARNING: when printing the tutorial, be sure to set your printer
- to compressed type so that lines of 100 characters can be printed.
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- MENU STRUCTURE
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- The following "table of contents" gives an overview of the menu
- structure of LottoProf.
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- Read Me
- Release Notes
- Brief Introduction
- Questions and Answers
- Order Information
- Wager
- Select Bet Combination
- Internal Combination
- File Combination
- Construct Bet Combination
- Generate Bet Combination
- Random Bet Combination
- System Bet Combination
- Draw
- Select Lottery
- Create Lottery
- Config
- Printer
- History Table Size
- Player Table Size
- Memory
- Edit Ticket
- Opening Screen
- Beep Threshold
- Favorite Numbers
- Game Type
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- All the 'Draw' options will lead you to the 'Lottery Drawing
- History' table. By pressing the F2 key the options for this
- table pop up. They are:
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- Edit History
- Save History to File
- Hot Numbers
- Print History
- Display History
- Frequency of Draws
- Add Player
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- All of the 'Wager' options will load a bet combination in to the
- 'Bet Combination Table.' There you can examine and modify the
- numbers played. If you press the F2 key then menu options for
- this table pop up. The options available here (called 'Analysis
- Options') are:
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- Edit Bet Combination
- Quick Analysis
- Probability Analysis
- Winning Numbers Check
- Lottery History Check
- Favorite Numbers
- Sequentially
- Popularity
- Manually
- Change Upper Limit
- Order Bet Combination
- Save Combination to File
- Add to Database
- Display Database Graph
- Print Bet Combination
- Listing
- Bet Slips
- Database
- Adjust Bet Combination
- Player Maintenance
- View Play Program
- Enter Play
- Nullify Play
- Copy Play
- Print Play Program
- Load Play
- Information
- Recalculate Winnings
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- MENU OPTIONS REFERENCE
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- Read Me --> Release Note
- Brief Description of Enhancements found in current version.
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- Read Me --> Brief Introduction
- A brief introduction to LottoProf, indicating how the various
- parts fit together.
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- Read Me --> Questions and Answers
- A forum for questions about lotteries.
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- Read Me --> Order Information
- How to register your copy of LottoProf.
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- Wager --> Select Bet Combination --> Internal Combination
- LottoProf comes with a set of bet combinations built in. You
- select them from this menu.
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- Wager --> Select Bet Combination --> File Combination
- Here you select a bet combination stored on disk. It may be
- one supplied with LottoProf or one you created previously.
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- Wager --> Construct Bet Combination
- Build your own bet combination from scratch.
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- Wager --> Generate Bet Combination
- You tell LottoProf how many boards you want to play and how
- many numbers to cover. LottoProf will then create a bet combina-
- tion for you -- one with good even coverage.
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- Wager --> Random Bet Combination
- You tell LottoProf how many boards you want to play and how
- many numbers to cover. LottoProf will then create a randomly
- generated bet combination. This is similar to the "Quick Pick"
- feature offered by many lotteries.
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- Wager --> System Bet Combination
- Creates various "System Bets" offered by many lotteries.
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- Draw --> Select Lottery
- Load a lottery's winning numbers from a disk file.
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- Draw --> Create Lottery
- Create a new lottery from scratch.
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- Config --> Printer
- A PC may be connected up to three printers. On the backside
- of a PC, the connector that you plug a printer cable into is
- called a "port". The computer assigns names to these ports:
- "LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3". When you send data to a printer, it
- flows through one of these ports. LottoProf allows you to choose
- which port through which you wish to send data. The asterisk
- indicates the current selection. If you only have one printer,
- it is probably connected to LPT1, so the default setting should
- be fine.
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- Config --> History Table Size
- The Lottery Drawing History table is preset to hold 1040
- draws -- enough for 20 years of results from a weekly lottery.
- The size of the table can be changed, however. If you actually
- need to make it bigger to hold more draws, you can do so. The
- maximum size is 4000 rows, or whatever is allowed by your compu-
- ter's available memory. If you don't have enough memory, Lotto-
- Prof will tell you when you try to load a draw. In such a situa-
- tion, reduce the size of the table.
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- Config --> Player Table Size
- Likewise, you may configure the size of the Player Program
- table. It too has a maximum size of 4000 rows (memory permit-
- ting). The default size is 500.
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- Config --> Memory
- As mentioned above, you can vary the size of the Lottery
- Drawing History table and Player Program table to fit your memory
- condition. But how do you tell? LottoProf will tell you. If
- you select "Show active free memory", LottoProf will display, in
- the upper right corner, the number of free bytes of memory.
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- Config --> Edit Ticket
- This is an advanced feature. You can define the geometrical
- shape of the bet slips of your favorite lottery. With such
- information LottoProf can print your wagers directly onto the bet
- slips. Provided you have an HP LaserJet compatible printer, that
- is.
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- Config --> Opening Screen
- All commercial programs should, of course, have a snazzy
- opening screen. Too seldom, however, can you deactivate it.
- With LottoProf you can enable it or disable it.
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- Config --> Beep Threshold
- This has to do with the probability analysis options. If an
- analysis take longer than (in this case) 30 seconds, LottoProf
- will beep when the computation completes. This applies to both
- full and quick analysis options. If you want it to beep every
- time, set the threshold to 0. If you don't want it to beep, set
- it to some really big number. (There are about 31,000,000 sec-
- onds in a year.)
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- Config --> Favorite Numbers
- You can tell LottoProf your favorite numbers and save them
- between runs.
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- Config --> Game Type
- This option is new in version 3 and allows you to configure
- LottoProf for either 5-ball or 6-ball lotto games. The changes
- take effect immediately and the setting is stored between program
- runs.
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- The following is a summary of menu options available from the
- 'Bet Combination Table.' You get here by selecting one of the
- options under the 'Wager' main menu item, and then pressing the
- F2 key.
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- Edit Bet Combination
- Returns you to the 'Bet Combination Table.'
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- Quick Analysis
- Analyzes the winning chances of a bet combination without
- giving the full details.
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- Probability Analysis
- Analyzes the winning chances of a bet combination with full
- details provided.
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- Winning Numbers Check
- You can check if you've got any winners. Especially useful if
- the size of the bet combination is large.
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- Lottery History Check
- You can see how well a bet would have done had you played it
- for all the drawings held by the lottery.
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- Favorite Numbers --> Sequentially/Popularity/Manually
- The numbers stored in a bet combination often cover 1,2,3,...
- With this option you can change the numbers currently stored to
- those that are your favorites. You can set your favorite numbers
- under the 'Config' main menu option.
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- Change Upper Limit
- The "Upper Limit" represents the largest number than can be
- played in a lottery. If your lottery is 6/49, for instance, set
- Upper Limit to 49.
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- Order Bet Combination
- Take a bet combination that is randomly generated or otherwise
- messed up, and orders the individual board sequentially.
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- Save Combination to File
- This is where you save new bet combinations that you created.
- LottoProf will ask you the name of the new file.
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- Add to Database
- After you have analyzed the winning chances of a bet combina-
- tion (using 'Quick Analysis' or 'Probability Analysis'), you can
- the save the results in a database. That way, you only have to
- do the computation once.
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- Display Database Graph
- Displays all the points in the database as a graph. This
- allows you to visually compare the strengths of various bet
- combinations so you can choose the best play for the money.
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- Print Bet Combination --> Listing
- Prints a listing of the current bet combination.
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- Print Bet Combination --> Bet Slips
- Prints the current bet combination onto bet slips. You need
- an HP LaserJet compatible printer for this option to work.
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- Print Bet Combination --> Database
- Prints the contents of the database.
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- Adjust Bet Combination
- This gives you a way of changing the bet combination without
- having to type in numbers. You do it visually by moving little
- squares. Each square represents a number.
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- Player Maintenance
- This is an advanced option that is described fully in the
- User's Guide provided when you register your copy of LottoProf.
- Briefly, it allows you to keep a record of all the bets you
- place in your lottery. LottoProf will keep track of your
- winnings.
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- The following options are available from the 'Lottery Drawing
- History' table. You get there by choose one of the options under
- the 'Draw' main menu and then pressing the F2 key.
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- Edit History
- Returns you to the 'Lottery Drawing History' table. Here you
- add the new results of your lottery's drawings.
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- Save History to File
- Saves to disk the updates you made to the lottery file.
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- Hot Numbers
- Determines which numbers have been drawn most often in recent
- draws. You determine how far back to check.
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- Print History
- Prints out the lottery's winning numbers. You can print the
- whole history or only a smaller range.
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- Display History
- Displays the winning numbers in a graph format.
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- Frequency of Draws
- Sometimes a lottery will change the drawing frequency from,
- say, once a week to twice a week. This option tells LottoProf
- how many drawings are held each week.
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- Add Player
- LottoProf can set up a 'Player Program' for more than one person
- Use of this option is fully explained in the User's Guide
- you will receive when you register your version of LottoProf.
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