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Lotto Challenger Revision History:
Version 3.1 - October 1989
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Original version of the program.
Version 3.2 - November 1989
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1. Corrected a bug in the Statistics Summary which caused incorrect
averages and percentages to be displayed if a large data file was
used.
2. Previously, a number was Overdue if it had not been drawn in the
past 10 drawings and if it was in the upper 50% of the number
drawing frequency list. Overdue numbers are now numbers which
have not been drawn in the past 10 drawings and appear in the
upper 25% of the drawing frequency list.
Version 3.3 - January 1990
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1. Gave the user the option to change how many drawings are used
to determine whether a number is Hot, Cold, or Overdue. If you
delete the file LC.CFG prior to running Lotto Challenger, you
are prompted on the title screen to enter the number of drawings
to be used. The program still defaults to 10 drawings for
Hot, Cold and Overdue numbers. Refer to the file LC.DOC for
more information.
2. Added the ability to include Bonus numbers in the statistical
analysis. A new question concerning Bonus numbers has been
added to the Configuration screen. Refer to Chapter 8 in the
documentation for more information.
Version 3.4 - February 1990
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1. After the user selects a number system to play, the prize
guarantee for the system selected is displayed at the bottom
of the screen. The user may press ESC to cancel playing that
system, or press any other key to continue.
2. The registration form is now printed by pressing F10 on the
Lotto Challenger closing screen.
3. The ASP logo was added to the title screen and the program
documentation.
Version 3.5 - August 1990
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1. In previous versions, if you wanted to add a new number
system through the "Edit A Number System" option, you were
limited to a maximum of 120 tickets for Pick-5 and Pick-6
games, and a maximum of 100 tickets for Pick-7 games. The
maximum number of tickets for Pick-5 and Pick-6 games is
now 480 tickets. The maximum number of tickets for Pick-7
games is 500 tickets.
In order to increase the maximum number of tickets, it was
necessary to increase the size of the number system files
WHEEL5.SYS, WHEEL6.SYS and WHEEL7.SYS from 19,060 bytes to
72,280 bytes. The number system files supplied with this
version are the correct size. However, if you wish to use
an old number system file from a previous version, you must
first convert the file.
We have provided the file CONVSYS.EXE to convert the old
number system files to the correct size. For example, to
convert an old WHEEL5.SYS file to the correct size, you
would type "CONVSYS WHEEL5" and press ENTER. Remember, it
is only necessary to do this if you do not want to use
the number system file supplied with this version and want
to continue using a system file from a previous version.
NOTE: DO NOT run CONVSYS on a system file that has already
been converted, i.e. a file that is already 72,280 bytes
in size. We recommend that you make a backup copy of all
your files prior to running the CONVSYS program.
2. We have added new number systems for Pick-5, Pick-6 and
Pick-7 games. These systems range from 4 tickets to over
300 tickets. The file SYSTEMS.TXT has a discussion on
why you should use number systems and also describes the
Pick-6 systems supplied with this version. To print this
File, type "TYPE SYSTEMS.TXT > PRN" and press ENTER.
3. The "Drawing Summary" option on the Drawing Statistics menu
has been enhanced to allow you to specify how many drawings
to include in the summary. After you select the option,
you are asked to enter how many drawings to include. For
example, if you enter 50, then the last 50 drawings will
be included in the summary.
If you don't enter a number and just press ENTER, the
program defaults to the total number of drawings minus the
number of weeks used to determine if a number is Hot or Cold
(normally 10 weeks). For example, if there are 117 previous
drawings, the program will default to 107 drawings for the
summary. This is necessary because it is impossible to
determine if a number is Hot or Cold for the first ten
drawings in history.
Remember that if you go into the Drawing Summary option
prior to using the Quick Picks option, the program will
pick your numbers based on the averages calculated in the
Drawing Summary. For example, let's say you select the
Drawing Summary option and specify the last 50 drawings for
the summary. You then press Escape and return to the main
menu and select the Quick Picks option. You tell Quick
Picks that you want it to select 10 numbers. You then just
keep pressing ENTER and Quick Picks will automatically tell
you many Hot, Cold, etc numbers to pick based on the
averages from the past 50 drawings for these categories.