Preamble
This is a visual manual of Bright6.EXE, the most powerful lotto software package to date. The tutorial was created via screen capturing. The software employed in this much-requested job is named SnagIt — highly recommended by this never-humble writer. For humility has been known for and blamed for begetting humble stupidity. Aim higher and higher and you will hit higher than reptile-level humility. These are the words of wise Lumernius, the father of categorical philosophy. But Lumernius warned that it is less desirable to be arrogantly wrong than to be humbly right. The popes and ayatollahs, for ones, are your typical example of being arrogantly wrong while being deceivingly humble (sometimes cruelly humble).
I made this anti-theologically philosophical introduction because most people pray when they play lotto with the never-humble hope to win it big and become richer than the popes. The introduction is also meant to point you in the right direction. Don't be humble in your pursuit to happiness, and don't you ever waste your time in prayers. Instead, spend the time by putting your reason to work.
Coverage of lottery and lotto software
This visual tutorial applies to just about all pieces of lotto and lottery software known under names once hoped to become trademarks: LotWon and SuperPower. The windows to reality are the same even if the window screens might appear different at times.
There is a number of web pages at www.saliu.com that offer more in-depth help and instructions on how to use LotWon, SuperPower, and that piece of software art named MDIEditor And Lotto WE. A few links you may want to consider allocating some time to reading:
Like father, like son
Bright6.EXE and most programs in the lottery software LotWon, SuperPower, plus MDIEditor And Lotto WE represent 32-bit software. Moreover, LotWon and SuperPower are 32-bit software that run at the so-called Command prompt in Windows 2000/XP/even Hasta-La-Vista. The 'Command prompt' was first named DOS Prompt in Windows 95/98.
Microsoft has nightmares when it comes to its own child, DOS! But even Windows is a DOS program! Windows is a little more than a graphical interface to DOS! Keep in mind, however, that the graphical interface (GUI) was the real father of Microsoft! Sounds strange to make these mythological references to father and child. Zeus had to have his father, Chronos, killed. Microsoft had to have his competitors killed. The competitors were such giants as Lotus, WordPerfect, Ashton-Tate (dBase III). The giants (DOS software titans) were smothering the little child Microsoft. But Microsoft fed his own father, Windoze, to become a giant who killed the DOS software titans. And the rest is history, if you will…not mythology!
I want you to believe me that I only want to be as unbiased as anyone. I am technical here. My 'Command prompt' lottery software runs far faster than any Windows (GUI) programs, including my own pretty child, MDIEditor And Lotto WE. There has been documented on my lotto message board that my highly optimized MDIEditor And Lotto WE has been unable to perform a specific task of generating lotto combinations…even after continuous running in days and nights. On the other hand, my console software (another euphemism for 'Command prompt') performs a similar task in a mere 20 minutes! Other Windows programs are farther behind than my lottery, gambling, and scientific software.
Start me up!
The documentation that comes with Bright6.EXE already showed you how to create a directory (folder) at the command prompt. You already installed my lotto software in that directory; e.g. C:\BRIGHT6
You can download Bright6.EXE directly into the C:\BRIGHT6 folder. Then, in Windows Explorer, click on Bright6.EXE to decompress the executable file.
You already know how to start the software — a very large percentage of lottery users know it well. If you are in the C:\BRIGHT6 folder, just type 6 and press [Enter]. Otherwise, you need to find the 'Command prompt' in your system. Usually, it is under Start, Programs, Accessories. As per above, Microsoft tries very hard to hide DOS from users. Microsoft$ are simply paranoid. The US government had a very strong case in their antitrust legal case against Microsoft. Monopoly destroys not only competition, but also development. Just look at me: I discovered that the best way of handling processes like lotto generating, or statistical and probability generating of combinations, or mathematical calculations…much more… are significantly better served by non-graphical software. Graphical software can bear a huge burden, imposed by the graphical interface. That is the truth — monopolies have strong tendencies to kill the truth, unfortunately!
So, bear with me and hunt for that highly secretive command prompt on your own PC, will you? It's worth the effort (talking to that small percentage of users frightened by the word DOS).
Best 'Command prompt' techniques
~ Create a shortcut to %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe on your desktop;
(CMD.EXE is the real Command prompt);
~ Right-click on the shortcut, then select 'Properties';
~ In 'Options' select 'Full screen' (Full screen can also be achieved by holding down [Alt] and [Enter] simultaneously);
~ In 'Layout', “Window size' select Width = 80, Height = 25;
~ In 'Colors' select screen text = cyan and screen background = blue;
~ Save and choose 'Apply the settings to all applications'.
If you follow the info files that accompany my software, you can also create a batch file (.BAT) to add to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The L6.BAT file can automate even further the starting of Bright6.EXE. Running various functions of this super powerful software package is as easy as pressing a function key (from F1 to F12 on your keyboard).
Then, each and every screen in my lotto software is self-explanatory. I embedded very informative text in every screen. Only intentionally venomous idiots pretend they have absolutely no clue when trying to run my software! I am not talking here about honest users who have a low knowledge of the English language. All I can “instruct” them to do is be patient and keep up that effort to learn English. Hey, I learned it too! It is worth it! English is the Lingua Franca of our world these days. Actually, I consider now, with some anxiety in my heart, learning Chinese!
1.- The Main Menu
2a.- The Data Files
You can't do much without a data file: A text file where you record the lottery drawings. The data files enjoy in-depth coverage at www.saliu.com. You only enter the numbers in a draw (or drawing, depending where you live). No other information is needed (such as the date of the draw, or the day of the week).
In my case, I use a great 16-bit DOS text editor Qedit — press function key F2. My lotto-6 data file is named PA-6 (for Pennsylvania lottery). You can create and use as many data files as you want, for any game, with any of my lottery programs. I know, the rest of the lottery software vendors kind of cheat. If you want software for two states (or countries), they ask you to pay twice. They confuse you that a data file is a lottery software package! NOT! A lotto data file is simply a collection of lottery numbers — nothing more!
2b.- Update Data Files
Again, I press the function key F2 to start the text editor. I enter the latest lotto results. The latest lottery drawing always goes to the top of the data file (line #1). Therefore, the oldest drawing is always the last line in the text file. NO empty lines are allowed in the lotto/lottery data files!
Meanwhile, be sure not to mix different game formats in your data file. If the game format changes, you always start a new lotto results file. For example, my lotto-6 game changed from '6 of 48' numbers to '6 of 49' numbers. I renamed the PA-6 file PA-6.OLD and saved it for archiving purposes (especially since I do all kinds of analyses). I created a new PA-6 data file (from scratch).
In this example, I entered 6 hypothetical numbers. As you can see on the screen, I separated the 6 numbers by commas and spaces. You can also use only commas or only spaces. I recommend only spaces.
After you finished editing (updating) your data file, you may want to sort it and thus format it nicely. SORTING.EXE (a standalone program in my lottery software) does a very good job at formatting the lottery results files. You can also use the sorting function in Util632.EXE (function key F9).
3a.- The Winning Reports: W6 and MD6
This is the cornerstone of Ion Saliu's software: Filtering. The filters are simply conditions, or parameters, or restrictions that can reduce the amount of lotto combinations. The filters are listed as columns in special reports that look a lot like spreadsheets. The reports are named W6.1 to W6.4 and MD6.1 to MD6.4 (a total of 8 reports).
The winning reports show what values (levels) the filters had within a number of past drawings. The concept has a solid mathematical foundation. The past and the future are the same thing. What happened in the past will happen in the future as well. Of course, there is no such thing as absolute certainty (the cornerstone of Ion Saliu's categorical philosophy). We can only discern trends of various degrees of certainty.
The user should not waste her time by questioning what the filters mean, what their mathematical foundation is, what their algorithms are, how they are coded in the software, etc. Those are the headaches that this super programmer deserves to have! The user should not torture his head with such problems. Unless, of course, the user is actually a pirate who wants to copycat my ideas, theories and, especially, my software. We all deserve, moreover must have, an Ace or two in our sleeves — and keep 'em there! BRRRRRRRRAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
3b.- The Winning Reports: The minimum size of the data file
The Bright lotto software requires a data file with the minimal size of 400,000 (four hundred thousand) combinations (6-number lines; or 5-number lines for lotto-5).
Not to worry! No lottery in the world would have ever conducted that many drawings! You simulate a data file (usually named SIM-6). Then, the software automatically combines a data file of real drawings (named DATA-6 or, in my case, PA-6) with SIM-6.
4a.- The Winning Reports: Analysis
You analyze the winning reports simply by loading them in a text editor (function key F2). You view them reports with the goal to find strategies. A strategy is a collection of filter settings. Setting strategies (i.e. setting filter levels) is a science in itself that could easily fill thousands of pages in a series of big books.
If you follow the links listed on this page, you will find plenty of information on how to set the filters (i.e. select lottery strategies).
5a.- Strategy Checking
Press the function key F3 to start the Strategy6.EXE program.
You already established a lottery strategy in the previous step. For more details, please follow carefully the following links, in addition to the previous list of links. This super psychologist recommends the following technique. Copy the relevant text in the web pages (in the list of links). Paste the text in a word processor or text editor document (name it as you want). Then, try to edit the document using as much as possible your own style (words, wording, and sentences). We are inducing our brains into believing that the knowledge they acquired is the creation of their own.
No learning tool is more effective in acquiring knowledge and developing knowledge of your own. That's how I have done it. I have read, I have studied, I have copied and pasted, and then I have kept editing. I have acquired a huge volume of information — and I couldn't help it but discover new knowledge.
6a.- Strategy Checking: Analysis of the report
Usually, the strategy report was named ST6.REP in the step above. You simply open the report in a text editor to see how your strategy fared in the past. That is, did your strategy register any hit? If yes, when did the strategy hit? The hit (winning) situation are identified by a drawing number. For example, the strategy hit 17 drawings back (that is, in past draw #18; we consider the skips as the number of drawings between hits).
The report also shows the levels of all the filters in the software (for all W6 and MD6 reports). That gives you a lot of info on the filters. When you want to tighten your strategy for runtime, you can select additional filters. Again, you do not need to select a lot of filters in your strategy. Just set a few filters (in addition to the key or pivot filter(s)) that give you the highest level of confidence.
7a.- Strategy Hits: How many lotto combinations the strategy would have generated in the past
Press the function key F4 to start the StrategyHit6.EXE program.
The application shows how many combinations the strategy you analyzed with Strategy6.EXE would have generated in past winning situations. This step relies on the strategy files and reports created by Strategy6.EXE. Therefore, you must run StrategyHit6.EXE before StrategyHit6.EXE and using the same D6 data file (Data-6+SIM-6).
Synchronization is of the essence. You always make sure your D6 file is up-to-date. Next, you generate the winning reports (F5). Next, you check a lotto strategy (F3). And, then, you check a strategy for hits (F4). The final step is the combination generating (F6, F7, or F8).
You can always skip the F4 step. Strategy in the past (StrategyHit6.EXE) is only an indicator. It shows you how many combinations to expect, with a good approximation. Beware that this step can be very time-consuming. This process can be very, very slow. If you don't have a fast computer and you selected a very tough strategy, it is best to skip this step. Go directly to the process of generating lotto combinations.
StrategyHit6.EXE does NOT display the combinations to screen or save them to disk. Otherwise, the process would be even slower…much slower. The application only generates the combinations internally and counts them.
8a.- Generate Lotto Combinations
Press the function keys F6 or F7 or F8 to start the lotto combination generating applications: Lexicographic6.EXE, Combine6.EXE. Wheel6.EXE.
This is what is all about! Generate those lotto combinations to hit me the jackpot!
You can use a strategy file created in the steps above and you added some filters to it (the disk input option). You can also type the filter values at the prompt (the screen input option). You can display the lotto combinations to screen only (the screen output option — doesn't make a lot of sense, though). You can generate the combinations while saving them to a disk file (the disk output option). You only display to screen in order to have a pre-idea on how many lotto combinations to expect. You don't want to save to disk too many combos that would gobble up your disk (the headache of yester years)!
Again, your D6 data file must be up-to-date and in synchronicity with the steps F5 and F3.
8b.- The Inner Filters
Those (top secret) inner filters have a good hit ratio while eliminating extra combinations. Hey, all lotto combinations have an equal probability of appearance, but a discriminating degree of certainty. Briefly and bluntly, you must be prepared to live thousands of years to reasonably expect the drawing of lotto-6 combinations like 1-2-3-4-5-6. Many happy returns!
Nota bene. The inner filters are NOT analyzed in the W6 and MD6 winning reports. You may want to disable the inner filters (press N) at least in the beginning. As you gain LotWon expertise, you may want to enable the inner filters. Perhaps future versions of this incredulously great lottery software incorporate the inner filters in the winning reports. I already figured out the correct coding (remember the Aces in the sleeves…NOT!)
8c.- Generate Lotto Combinations: Additional options
More options, and then some more options! I used to hate too many options. Up until I needed to eat some fast food. A lady simply tortured me by asking me to select one option after another…seemed endlessly! Until I realized that the beauty had an interest in me! I grew to love the options…and more options…
You can select to generate lotto combinations with no favorite numbers. Or, you can make sure that one of your favorite lotto numbers appears in each and every lotto combination. You can also select two favorite lotto numbers.
The Purge File option is an extraordinary feature. It is a case of expandability and interoperability. Say, you already have a file of lotto combinations previously generated. That output file must be in text format (6 lotto numbers per line separated by spaces or commas). The file of combinations could have been generated by any lotto software, not only software signed 'Ion Saliu'. The platform does not matter (DOS or Windows). You can surely purge output lottery files generated by MDIEditor And Lotto WE.
Purging a file means that you will apply new filters in order to further reduce the amount of lotto combinations to play.
The Shuffle option is another lottery function that attracts accolades. Say, your lotto-6 game has 49 numbers. This option considers the lotto numbers as playing cards. The program shuffles the deck of cards and arranges the lotto numbers in 9 lines of 6 numbers each. The numbers are unique except for the last line (line #9 fills the line to 6 lotto numbers). This option was applied by a group of UK college professors and staff to win the lotto jackpot.
9a.- Great Lotto Utilities
Press the function key F9 to start Util632.EXE.
This application performs lots of auxiliary tasks. You name it, you have it! You may call Util632.EXE the Swiss Army knife in the lottery war of odds.
Simulate data file is the place where you create those gigantic SIM files (simulated files to make sure D6 data file contains at least 400,000 combinations).
You can sort here your data files. This option also sums up the numbers combinations by combination (or draw by draw).
Check for winners does exactly that. You can check any lotto output file against the latest drawing or a number of past drawings to see if your output file as any winners (from 3 of 6 to 6 of 6 winners).
The Frequency reporting performs the most comprehensive statistical analysis in the lottery world — period.
The Strip duplicates/Wheel does some extraordinary feats. For starters, it makes sure an output lotto combination file consists only of unique combinations. Usually, duplicate means two combinations that consist exactly of the same 6 numbers. We pushed the concept further. We can consider a duplicate two lotto combinations with '3 of 6' common numbers. This is the best way to play lotto wheels from output files.
The Make/Break/Position is the place where you combine DATA-6 with SIM-6 to create that huge D6 data file with at least 400000 lines. This option is so powerful that it would require its own big book.
For much more detailed information read:
Utility Software: Pick-3, 4 Lottery, Lotto-5, 6, Powerball/Mega Millions/Thunderball, Euromillions.
10.- Extra Software Packages
Press the function key F12 to open the floodgates to numerous extra applications for lotto, lottery, mathematics, probability theory, combinatorics… You name it, you got it...
I threw in a ton of extra software programs…and then some. Just run them. They are so perfectly coded for ease of use that even I can run them hands off! I mean, I write so many pieces of software that I sometimes forget who the author is! I say to myself: “Self, these programs are so facile…so functional…so intelligently easy to use…Can you write something like that?”
Just run those programs and you'll get to squeeze the most benefit from them in a reasonably short time. The programs also recommend further worthy reading at saliu.com.
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